[yazoo]

When the left tries to ban “Huckleberry Finn” from the library because of the “N” word it’s called being sensitive to minorities. When the right tries to ban “The Joy of Gay Sex’ it’s called censorship.

[RobinOfKingston]

With an estimated 170,000 new books in the United States each year, the librarians are "censoring" an enormous amount of material.

If the question is asked, there will be a great, collective inrush of air as "librarians" all across the fruited plane simultaneously take a deep breath and explain, in unison, "Since we can't afford all those books, we order the ones we think our clientele will enjoy."

[Guenevere]

bttt

[elpadre]

“I will fight anyone who tries to dictate what books can go on the library shelves.”

Sound like the librarian is the bully!!

[BigBobber]

Good commentary.

[antiRepublicrat]

Any citizen daring to question [librarians] unfathomably deep taste and literary judgment are mysteriously designated as the bullies and the authoritarians.

And

the Nampa Public Library Board made the decision by a vote of 3 to 2 in June to respond to a parent’s complaint and move the graphically illustrated books "The Joy of Sex" and "The Joy of Gay Sex" to the library director’s office

Don't jive. Here we have a library board reasonably responding to the concern of a citizen. It's the ACLU that's the problem in this one.

[Publius6961]

...unilateral decision "violates the constitutional rights of library visitors."

Well, then as a visitor, if I search for a book and the "librarian" refuses to stock it, has she violated my constitutional rights? Can I use the ACLU 800-number to get help?

Inquiring minds and all that...

How about a test case? A real request for a useful topical book, say... Jihad, by Paul Fregosi?

[plan2succeed.org]

Banned Books Week has been called by Thomas Sowell "National Hogwash Week." I thought you would be interested in that.

You also might be interested in "Dear Felice Picano, 'The Joy of Gay Sex' Co-Author."

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