Psychedelic books banned in europe?

[endlessness]

I bought the 'encyclopedia of psychoactive plants' book by christian raetsch from Amazon USA to europe. It arrived in Frankfurt and then came to the country Im in. Together with this book were two books on ecological and sustainable education

The parcel had been opened by customs in germany, and it came with a big bag around it and a tag that said: Goods do not meet requirement of article 9 and 10 of the contract for the foundation of the European Community.

I googled these articles and it seems its the 'rights to conscience and religion', and 'freedom of speech'


Now the funny thing is, the books arrived intact, including the encyclopedia.

What should one think of this? Just some paranoid or bored german custom officers, or maybe its signs of an european community big-brother style future dystopia? Why did the books arrive in the end, then, if they went to the trouble of putting the tag that it didnt meet the requirements? So having books about plants is not my right for freedom of speech and religion?

 

[Forkbender]

what were the exact requirements for goods according to article 9 and 10?

I ordered the encyclopedia a few months ago and it arrived unopened to my home in the Netherlands.

 

[GOD]

What exactly did it say in german ?

The book comes from germany and its freely available here . They dont uisualy open things that are in transit to other countrys . And when they seal it back up and post it you you havent broken any laws .

It could mean it was opened and because it didnt break those laws it was sent on to you .

 

[endlessness]

yes I saw its available in germany also, so its weird. obviously the education books cant be the problem

the sticker is written in english, exactly as I wrote: "Goods do not meet requirement of article 9 and 10 of the contract for the foundation of the European Community. " It was attached to the outside of a big blue bag they had put everything in. . Inside was the normal paper box from amazon with the customs and information, it had been opened but everything was there



wikipedia says article 9 and 10 are freedom of conscience and religion, and freedom of speech.

Could be some bored/typical constipated asshole, trying to 'scare the crazy kid off these weird things of plant drugs and ecological education weirdness'. But they do have a ready-made sticker for it, so it must happen often.

and if it did not meet the requirement, then why was it sent? Maybe there is a first line of customs employees who first separate all the things they think might be innapropriate, and then a second group will re-examine it all and mine passed. That would be nuts also!

I mean, ok, I dont give a damn its here anyways, but I still find it strange

It wasnt like as if I bought a 'how to cook X in your kitchen' book or something..

 

[Ahuaeynjxs]

Don't twist things around...

They said it didn't meet those articles, which means they feel some information in these books has been censored in some way. This looks more like a political action than anything else...

Many people are waking up these days, you should not be surprised.

8)

 

[GOD]

They opened it because it fitted in a catagory they use to sort ilegal things out . = it was opened because of its weight or where it came from . It weighs several kilos and is about the same size of the same weight of hash . The xray machine didnt show them any more than the cover and a big fat lump in between so they opened it .

I`ve got one with a nice stamp on it . It says "opened by the customs" . The packet was full of "Biological mushroom soup" . Twas lucky they didnt notice they were Psilocybe mushrooms .

 

[Ahuaeynjxs]

hee hee hee *high five*