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They are not banned in portugal. Appreciate the gesture but it s very inconsequential.

by seydor 3mo ago

nottorp 3mo ago
Actually the article title is shit clickbait because it IMPLIES those books are banned in Portugal. The museum is in Portugal. It is not specified where those books are banned.
- smith7018 3mo ago
  I think it's just a poorly written title. I doubt millions of people will click on the link specifically to learn which books Portugal banned vs to learn about that Dua Lipa is doing. A better title would be "Dua Lipa opens library in Portugal for banned and censored books."
- mcphage 3mo ago
  > article title is shit clickbait because it IMPLIES those books are banned in Portugal People on this site have some really bizarre ideas about what constitutes "clickbait".
  - miltonlost 3mo ago
    The same people who think "banned" and "censored" books must be completely banned and censored in all places to have earned that title instead of just at one point in the past.
  - add-sub-mul-div 3mo ago
    People who litter the comments with worthless complaints about titles are one of the most annoying things about this place.
- Rooster61 3mo ago
  I did not get that implication. I simply thought it was a library that contains books that have been banned from some context that happens to be in Portugal.
embedding-shape 3mo ago
At least one of those were literally banned back when Portugal was a dictatorship though, which wasn't all that long time ago. I think though the library is supposed to be a general, worldwide collection of books that were censored/banned anywhere in the world, the physical location of the library just happens to be in Portugal. That's how I understood the article at least.
- MemoryHoleHQ 3mo ago
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dijit 3mo ago
They are banned somewhere and the library is open in Portugal. If they were banned in Portugal it would run afoul of the legal system, and probably be closed down, obviously. But if the criteria of being in the library - that the book be banned somewhere in the world; that's a reason to visit the library in of itself. Though I think there's going to be a lot of garbage, one need only remember that Life of Brian (the Monty Python movie) is banned in the Vatican. (along with a bunch more). Sometimes just seeing what is banned and where is a sort of art in of itself.
- ricardobayes 3mo ago
  Life of Brian is banned from public screening in parts of Germany on Good Friday. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23227452 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23227452
  - datadrivenangel 3mo ago
    I think I'll make showing that on Good Friday a tradition now.
    - 1234letshaveatw 3mo ago
      ok
  - yorwba 3mo ago
    Good Friday is a "quiet holiday" in North-Rhine Westphalia (and other areas), which involves restrictions on various kinds of entertainment: https://lexmea.de/de/gesetz/feiertg-nrw/6 https://lexmea.de/de/gesetz/feiertg-nrw/6 So it's not that Life of Brian in particular was banned, but the activist group in question picked it intentionally for their screening to protest against the holiday.
  - logifail 3mo ago
    In Germany you're not allowed to mow your lawn with a motorised mower or to recycle glass bottles on Sundays either. "Banned" feels like a slightly clumsy word to use to describe restrictions such as these.
thinkingtoilet 3mo ago
Isn't it good marketing though? If I'm a young person looking to read something on the edge, maybe it's not banned where I am but if it was banned somewhere else, that's intriguing. If the consequence is more people reading, I would argue it's far from inconsequential.
fleroviumna 3mo ago
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They are not banned in portugal. Appreciate the gesture but it s very inconsequential.

by seydor 3mo ago

They are not banned in portugal. Appreciate the gesture but it s very inconsequential.

Actually the article title is shit clickbait because it IMPLIES those books are banned in Portugal. The museum is in Portugal. It is not specified where those books are banned.

smith7018 3mo ago
I think it's just a poorly written title. I doubt millions of people will click on the link specifically to learn which books Portugal banned vs to learn about that Dua Lipa is doing. A better title would be "Dua Lipa opens library in Portugal for banned and censored books."
mcphage 3mo ago
> article title is shit clickbait because it IMPLIES those books are banned in Portugal People on this site have some really bizarre ideas about what constitutes "clickbait".
- miltonlost 3mo ago
  The same people who think "banned" and "censored" books must be completely banned and censored in all places to have earned that title instead of just at one point in the past.
- add-sub-mul-div 3mo ago
  People who litter the comments with worthless complaints about titles are one of the most annoying things about this place.
Rooster61 3mo ago
I did not get that implication. I simply thought it was a library that contains books that have been banned from some context that happens to be in Portugal.

embedding-shape 3mo ago

At least one of those were literally banned back when Portugal was a dictatorship though, which wasn't all that long time ago. I think though the library is supposed to be a general, worldwide collection of books that were censored/banned anywhere in the world, the physical location of the library just happens to be in Portugal. That's how I understood the article at least.

MemoryHoleHQ 3mo ago
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dijit 3mo ago

They are banned somewhere and the library is open in Portugal. If they were banned in Portugal it would run afoul of the legal system, and probably be closed down, obviously. But if the criteria of being in the library - that the book be banned somewhere in the world; that's a reason to visit the library in of itself. Though I think there's going to be a lot of garbage, one need only remember that Life of Brian (the Monty Python movie) is banned in the Vatican. (along with a bunch more). Sometimes just seeing what is banned and where is a sort of art in of itself.

ricardobayes 3mo ago
Life of Brian is banned from public screening in parts of Germany on Good Friday. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23227452 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23227452
- datadrivenangel 3mo ago
  I think I'll make showing that on Good Friday a tradition now.
  - 1234letshaveatw 3mo ago
    ok
- yorwba 3mo ago
  Good Friday is a "quiet holiday" in North-Rhine Westphalia (and other areas), which involves restrictions on various kinds of entertainment: https://lexmea.de/de/gesetz/feiertg-nrw/6 https://lexmea.de/de/gesetz/feiertg-nrw/6 So it's not that Life of Brian in particular was banned, but the activist group in question picked it intentionally for their screening to protest against the holiday.
- logifail 3mo ago
  In Germany you're not allowed to mow your lawn with a motorised mower or to recycle glass bottles on Sundays either. "Banned" feels like a slightly clumsy word to use to describe restrictions such as these.

thinkingtoilet 3mo ago

Isn't it good marketing though? If I'm a young person looking to read something on the edge, maybe it's not banned where I am but if it was banned somewhere else, that's intriguing. If the consequence is more people reading, I would argue it's far from inconsequential.

fleroviumna 3mo ago

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