HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@IAm_THEPaulina" class="u-url mention">@<span>IAm_THEPaulina</span></a></span> </p><p>I would not agree with this stand-alone statement either.</p><p>Ideas can be intoxicating, boring, be the flame of a revolution, etc. </p><p>All I am saying is that books are not weapons, even if some books have been <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weaponized" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>weaponized</span></a> (e. g. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBible" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBible</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Koran" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Koran</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheArtOfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheArtOfWar</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VomKriege" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VomKriege</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnTheOriginOfTheSpieces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnTheOriginOfTheSpieces</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeinKampf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MeinKampf</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManifestDerKommunistischenPartei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManifestDerKommunistischenPartei</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LittleRedBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LittleRedBook</span></a>, etc. etc.)</p><p>This is what I mean with "neutral". The "evil" starts with (criminal) intent and requires an act.</p>