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“Down with this sort of thing” Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect[1] and act as a list of books you

by Lio 1y ago

“Down with this sort of thing” Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect[1] and act as a list of books you’d definitely want to read. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Saint_Tibulus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Saint_Tibulus

smackeyacky 1y ago
In a similar vein, one of my colleagues a few years ago after undergoing workplace sexual harrassment training said "oh learned a couple of new ones" At the time I hoped he wasn't serious, sometimes it's hard to tell.
- tzmudzin 1y ago
  > workplace sexual harrassment training Well, it’s in the name already. The fact it’s not called “anti-harassment training” always makes me chuckle…
dragonwriter 1y ago
> Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect and act as a list of books you’d definitely want to read. The Wikipedia article on the Index note that a related list (the _Index Expurgatorius_, which was at the time published separately but later had its function incorporated within the _Index Librorum Prohibitum_, and listed books subject to similar restrictions as the main index but only conditionally pending correction of specified errors) was called out for something like that use -- in 1627.
piaste 1y ago
Umberto Eco once jokingly lamented the deprecation of the Index, writing that it was a "very handy canon of books one ought to read to call oneself an educated person".
RGamma 1y ago
Being added to "the index" (Liste der jugendgefährdenden Medien, list of media harmful for youths) was (probably still is) a great marketing vehicle in Germany. While the complete list isn't easy to view (there's secret parts and no official online publication), you would hear about it one way or another.
- Lio 1y ago
  As a teenager I read Machiavelli's The Prince with trepidation knowing it was on The List (and me being brought up Catholic). Afterwards I couldn't really see what the fuss was about.
  - thomassmith65 1y ago
    Especially since there are similar works of the Catholic church, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Worldly_Wisdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Worldly_Wisdom
  - mwedwards 1y ago
    Perhaps the notion of ‘engineering’ ones legitimacy as a ruler was seen as a challenge to the established notion of legitimacy by divine right. (Esp. the role of the church in conferring that right).

by Lio 1y ago

smackeyacky 1y ago

In a similar vein, one of my colleagues a few years ago after undergoing workplace sexual harrassment training said "oh learned a couple of new ones" At the time I hoped he wasn't serious, sometimes it's hard to tell.

tzmudzin 1y ago
> workplace sexual harrassment training Well, it’s in the name already. The fact it’s not called “anti-harassment training” always makes me chuckle…

dragonwriter 1y ago

> Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect and act as a list of books you’d definitely want to read. The Wikipedia article on the Index note that a related list (the _Index Expurgatorius_, which was at the time published separately but later had its function incorporated within the _Index Librorum Prohibitum_, and listed books subject to similar restrictions as the main index but only conditionally pending correction of specified errors) was called out for something like that use -- in 1627.

piaste 1y ago

Umberto Eco once jokingly lamented the deprecation of the Index, writing that it was a "very handy canon of books one ought to read to call oneself an educated person".

RGamma 1y ago

Being added to "the index" (Liste der jugendgefährdenden Medien, list of media harmful for youths) was (probably still is) a great marketing vehicle in Germany. While the complete list isn't easy to view (there's secret parts and no official online publication), you would hear about it one way or another.

Lio 1y ago
As a teenager I read Machiavelli's The Prince with trepidation knowing it was on The List (and me being brought up Catholic). Afterwards I couldn't really see what the fuss was about.
- thomassmith65 1y ago
  Especially since there are similar works of the Catholic church, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Worldly_Wisdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Worldly_Wisdom
- mwedwards 1y ago
  Perhaps the notion of ‘engineering’ ones legitimacy as a ruler was seen as a challenge to the established notion of legitimacy by divine right. (Esp. the role of the church in conferring that right).