The Rally Monkey frowns upon your shenanigans.
Posted on 08/22/2009 11:31:45 AM PDT by past_present
Brooklyn's chief librarian has yanked a nearly 80-year-old book from the shelves because it depicts Africans as monkeys.
Tintin Au Congo is the only book in the city library system hidden from public view after a reader complained that it was "racially offensive."
The popular Belgian children's work - due to be made into a movie by Steven Spielberg - is locked behind a series of hidden doors on the third floor of Brooklyn's central library.
"'Tintin au Congo' was relocated," said director Richard Reyes-Gavilan. Library officials across the city said they've debated pulling about 25 books and DVDs from city shelves, including "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," by Ann Coulter, and a Harold Robbins novel, but rejected the requests.
Only "Tintin" was blacklisted in Brooklyn - and quietly yanked from the
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
"Library officials across the city said they've debated pulling about 25 books and DVDs from city shelves, including "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," by Ann Coulter..."
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!
Sheesh....
CENSORSHIP
Aren’t the white people in Tin Tin sort of caricatured as well?
Where is the censorship?
"is locked behind a series of hidden doors on the third floor of Brooklyn's central library. "'Tintin au Congo' was relocated,"
Wow, I'm surprised they didn't put a Tyranosaurus Rex on a chain near the books, and a series of warding magical enchantments.
They should now look deeply into that racist book by Mark Twain “Life On The Mississippi” ...</sarc>
Looks like they have many copies of Mein Kampf freely available.
And what are they going to do with the books after they pull them? Burn them like their cousin with the mustache once did?
The Rally Monkey frowns upon your shenanigans.
"Library officials across the city said they've debated pulling about 25 books and DVDs from city shelves, including "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," by Ann Coulter, and a Harold Robbins novel, but rejected the requests"
In other news, the Brooklyn Library is celebrating “Banned Book Day” on Thursday, August . . .
It’s a matter of time. Ann is going to be behind a series of hidden doors on the thrid floor too. They’ll put in some kryptonite too— just to make sure.
Except if some kid wants to access a porn site on one of their computers.
ML/NJ
doesn’t count when it affects Christians...remember Piss Christ??or the statue of the Virgin Mother which purposely had feces thrown on it??? that was considered “art”- in fact the former won an award...
Which explains why so many copies of Mein Kampf have been checked out.
Until then, how 'bout sticking with the facts and not your specious, disingenuous and patently false posts.
Sometimes I think it would be best to stop following all that’s going on, due to my health.
“This shitze enough to make a grown man cry”..........
he said while checking his armory.
You can call me a prophet then. I guarantee you my friend- Ann will be behind the hidden doors any day now.
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