{"id":909,"date":"2001-11-02T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2001-11-03T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=909"},"modified":"2001-11-02T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2001-11-03T01:24:09","slug":"bad_books_bad_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/02\/bad_books_bad_b.html","title":{"rendered":"Bad books, bad books, whatcha gonna do &#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another story of detainment at the airport because of a book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">On the way there the arresting officer gave me a triumphant smile. &#8220;After 11 September, you can&#8217;t travel with books like this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In that case,&#8221; I replied, &#8220;perhaps you should stop publishing them in Germany, or, better still, burn them in public view.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, (a) this took place in Germany, which is so driven to deny its less politically correct past that it tends to be a police state about it, and (b) this is the first occurance I&#8217;ve heard of this sort of thing since the infamous United case &#8230; and if that&#8217;s the case, that&#8217;s not too bad, considering the number of people <i>internationally <\/i>who have flown since then.<\/p>\n<p>Not that it&#8217;s a Good Thing, mind you.  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