Webb City [MO] school district bans 3 books

Springfield(MO) News-Leader ^ | 08-15-02 | Angela Wilson

[JCG]

Board votes to remove titles dealing with adolescent growth, sexuality.

Webb City

[JCG]

Kim Hebner, a librarian at the Logan-Rogersville high school, isn’t familiar with the series, but cringes at the thought of the books being banned.

“I don’t like to really see books totally banned because I feel like that is an infringement on their right to read whatever they would like,” she said.

I agree with this sentiment when talking about adults but in this case the readers are 5th and 6th graders and such a position as Hebner's makes me cringe.

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[Jonathon Spectre]

The board voted in June to ban the books even though board members hadn’t read them.

Well. I'm certainly glad the school board didn't do anything rash, like read the f**king book before BANNING it.

They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them.

[perez24]

So if a kid wants to read the "Turner Diaries" this librarian would pretty much concede that child's RIGHT to read whatever s/he wants???

[Sonny M]

How about the book "alice be a hoe" ?

[Timmy]

This is stupid. They aren't "banning" the books. They are merely choosing not to provide them. If I choose not to have a book in my home, I'm not "banning" it. What leftist tripe.