Censoring Adults??

Not only does censoring literature affect students in schools and libraries, but also adults who wish to read more complex books. Human Events, a conservative journal, recently compiled a list of the "Ten Most Harmful Books" of the 19th and 20th centuries. Topping out the list was The Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels, Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler, Quotations from Chairman Mao, by Mao Zedong, The Kinsey Report, by Alfred Kinsey, Democracy and Education, by John Dewey, The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Freidan, The Course of Philosophy, by August Compte, Beyond Good and Evil, by Freidricj Nietzsche, and General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes (Apple).
I do not quite understand how calling this books "harmful" is justified. After all, we learned the most valuable lessons from these books and they idealize some of the founding philosphies of countries such as the U.S. and China. If these books were ever censored, children would never understand the full ramifications of the Holocaust because they could not read Hitler's actual words, nor would they comprehend the ideas of Mao Zedong, which are considered to be important fundamentals of the Chinese society. Even considering to create such a list of books is detrimental to society and I shun the person, or people, who decided to do it. Are people that bored or senseless to devise a list of books not to read? How can you tell people what to read and what not to read, especially when it comes to adults? If we can vote and drive a car legally, then we should be able to read whatever we want, from The Little Mermaid to a book about how cults affect society. Just because someone is reading Mein Kampf does not mean they are antisemitic or want to take over the world.
Michael Apple, author of Dangerous Reading, points out that if we censor these types of books, shouldn't the Bible be censored as well? After all, it did start many wars and genocides and is the cause for most religious persecution in the world. But, we do not censor the Bible...because we are a biased society and we are unjustified in our actions. Will it ever end?

Source: Dangerous Reading. Michael W. Apple, 2005