[jmacusa]

Funny you mention “Mein Kampf’’. For the first time in my life, (I’m 64) and have studied the history of Hitler and the Nazi Party for decades about a year ago I tried reading the thing. “Mein Kampf’’ that is. Holy Smokes what an incomprehensible, incoherent , turgid pile of bs! After a few chapters I had to put it down. The bloody thing gave me a headache.

[xp38]

It was one of those books that every German had to have around the house but probably never read.

[fr_freak]

“Mein Kampf’’ that is. Holy Smokes what an incomprehensible, incoherent , turgid pile of bs! After a few chapters I had to put it down. The bloody thing gave me a headache.

You ever see a movie that was just incomprehensible, just one of those pretentious jumbles of vaguely-related images that some hack put together, and you wonder "Who made this crap?" Then, later, you run into people who think it is the most genius thing in the world, and you "just didn't get it" because you're not smart enough?

Well, I've come to realize that jumbled crap like that is made that way intentionally, for two reasons: 1) the makers are hacks devoid of talent, and 2) one can hide his lack of talent/intelligence/coherence in such a jumble quite easily, and it becomes a sort of Rorschach test for the observer. Many, many people are easily suckered into believing that incomprehensibility=genius in the same way that Hollywood has promoted the idea that madness=genius.

[alexander_busek]

After a few chapters I had to put it down. The bloody thing gave me a headache.

Was your copy printed in the old Fraktur font? It can take some getting used to, but shouldn't outright cause headaches.

Regards,