I disagree, by burning some of their books one shows a total rejection of their degeneracy.
You can do so by literally stating, with specifics, that you reject their degeneracy. And then, using argumentation structures such as syllogisms, systematically take apart the content.
By burning their books, you immediately give them power. That power being that you're factually so scared of their words that you'd rather burn them than let others read them.
Of course examples should be kept for study and to showcase why the burning was warrented in the first place.
Oh, okay, so I'd say we largely agree. I just think burning books gives the "victims" the opportunity to cry that they are martyrs and that gives them more power.
The Allies burned German books because the Jews fear united European societies.
I'm glad you mentioned that.
The Allied Military Directorate admitted that their book burnings of the Nazi books was no different than the Nazi book burnings (a tacit admission that it was wrong):
To re-educate Germany, the Allies last week adopted a typically Nazi device. The four-power Coordinating Committee decided to reduce to pulp all "undemocratic, militaristic and Nazi" literature, museum and library material, newspapers, films and war memorials. Tombstones were excepted.
How would "democratic" be defined? Said Miss Cox: "Everything American people think and call democratic." Was the order different in principle from Nazi book burnings? No, not in Miss Cox's opinion.
But most observers condemned the order as a piece of unenforceable foolishness which would only increase interest in the verboten books, and martyrize Germany's nationalistic spirit.
Yes, I think we agree for the most part. The way I see it is that book burning by the National Socialist was a powerful display representing their rejection of Weimar degeneracy. Though many examples should be kept so one can show why they were burned in the first place. I do not equate what the Allies did with what the National Socialists did as the Allies did not capitalize on ceremony like the Germans did, and I dare say burned books out of Jewish and Allied fear of a Natsoc resurection rather than from a moral high ground. Though at this time a book burning would instantly get you branded as a Nazi and cause most people to disagree as a knee jerk reaction.
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