Posted on 07/07/2010 1:38:38 PM PDT by MissTed
A Japanese serial graphic novel genre popular with young teens has raised the ire of a Crestview mother whose teenage son got hold of an adult version of the genre from the Crestview Public Library.
“Manga” depicts highly stylized adventure and, occasionally, violence in fantasy settings.
Margaret Barbaree, founder of a citizens’ group called Protect Our Children, presented examples from a manga book to the Crestview City Council last week that she described as “graphic” and “shocking,” taken from material she said is “available to children” at the Crestview Public Library.
“My son lost his mind when he found this,” Barbaree said of the manga book from which her examples were taken.
She said her son had removed the book unsupervised from the library’s general stacks last summer and put it in his backpack. She has kept it ever since.
“Now he’s in a home for extensive therapy,” she said.
Several months ago, Barbaree had circulated a petition bearing 226 signatures of citizens protesting the availability of manga, which she mistakenly referred to as “anime,” or Japanese animation.
However, the library said some patrons complained they were misled when they signed the petition.
“They told us she (Barbaree) approached them at the Christmas parade and asked them to sign a petition protesting pornography in the library,” said Resource Librarian Sandra Dreaden.
Barbaree said Library Director Jean Lewis explained to her that there is a demand for manga, and that the library strives to meet the needs of its patrons.
City Council President Charles Baugh Jr. assured Barbaree that “we have safeguards in place to protect our children and we have committees that review library purchases so they meet the standards of the (American) Library Association.”
The books that concerned Barbaree “are in the library for those who wish to partake of them and they are in a section of the library” for adult patrons, said Baugh, who visited the library himself the day after the council meeting and said he found the manga available in the young adult section perfectly innocuous.
“We follow up with our citizens’ concerns,” Baugh said after meeting with library staff and viewing the young adult manga.
Baugh also confirmed that the book Barbaree’s son had taken was in the general stacks well away from the children’s and young adult books.
“Our library is well managed and well staffed,” Baugh told Barbaree while assuring her, “I am a family man and I understand what you are saying.”
Lewis said the manga available in the young adult section of the library is oriented toward young teen readers and does not contain the adult themes of the book Barbaree’s son took. That book had been in the general stacks, on a top shelf in a section with other graphic novels and comic books not geared toward young readers.
“We have policies and procedures in place to prevent underage children from accessing those materials,” Baugh said.
I agree. It sounds as if he had problems to begin with. However I disagree with a library buying violent comics. And leaving them where a kid can get them. If he’s around 14 he’d be quite susceptible. If he’s 17, his problems were severe to begin with. It’s a shame there’s not more info in the story. Was he obsessed with it? Tried to act it out? What?
Yeah, this woman is a nut:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000759116661&v=info&ref=search
She’s a “recovering drug attack” for the past 3 years.
According to our local paper, she has 10 children, 8 of whom she has had to “give up”
He probably has mental issues because his mom is a mentally ill recovering drug addict. No sympathy for a woman trying to get taxpayer money from me personally like this.
No you don't.
But if you deludedly think you do, turn off your search filter and do an internet image search for "tentacle hentai guro"*.
Then explain how that fits in with your notion of parenting.
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* Search terms provided by urban dictionary, which is in and of itself pretty nasty.
According to our local paper, she has 10 children, 8 of whom she has had to “give up”
She's been in the bottom of the barrel so who would know better how harmful hentai is?
I need one of those to go with my “Chibi Plush Cthulhu.”
She's hit bottom. Who knows better how to foil a thief than a thief? Who would know the bottom of filth better than someone who has been there?
I'd say she's right and the stuff doesn't belong in the library, purchased by taxpayers.
I went nuts when I first saw Playboy Magazine
I've just re-read the entire story at the OP's link, and didn't see any of those three words therein... or even the title of the manga in question, for that matter. What source are you referencing, re: this particular story...?
Joe. We’re so.............grateful.
please this is a law suit mama.
so in japan they are all in therapy?
which one was it? akira? robotech?
Here's her photo.
The image is copyrighted so I can only post a link.
Worse... the nightmarish, soul-deadening BARK BUN BUN!
;)
I assume with today's girbilism standards the writer thought he had done awesome research by using the word “manga” instead of “Comic book”.
The story even being reported at all on the slowest of newsdays by the most addled leftard reporter only seems likely if it was something like this.
The stuff is sick, and growing in popularity among portions of the teen hacker/delinquent crowd.
ALL the ones i've seen here and there are ALL white girls tooo...
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