The sentence from teh article I love is this one---
"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!!!!
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To: past_present
2 posted on
08/22/2009 11:33:39 AM PDT by
JaneNC
(I)
To: past_present
Aren’t the white people in Tin Tin sort of caricatured as well?
3 posted on
08/22/2009 11:34:31 AM PDT by
Winged Hussar
(http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
To: past_present
They should now look deeply into that racist book by Mark Twain “Life On The Mississippi” ...</sarc>
6 posted on
08/22/2009 11:39:35 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: past_present
http://is.gd/2tRMc
Looks like they have many copies of Mein Kampf freely available.
To: past_present
And what are they going to do with the books after they pull them? Burn them like their cousin with the mustache once did?
8 posted on
08/22/2009 11:40:17 AM PDT by
353FMG
To: past_present
Memo to the Brooklyn Public Library: The Rally Monkey frowns upon your shenanigans.
9 posted on
08/22/2009 11:43:02 AM PDT by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: past_present
Extended title is incorrect.
"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"
10 posted on
08/22/2009 11:45:22 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
(Obama--First with the worst.)
To: past_present
In other news, the Brooklyn Library is celebrating “Banned Book Day” on Thursday, August . . .
11 posted on
08/22/2009 11:45:52 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Health Care Reform has met the DEATH Panel.)
To: past_present
The public library caters to the sensitivity of the community. Except if some kid wants to access a porn site on one of their computers.
ML/NJ
14 posted on
08/22/2009 11:47:16 AM PDT by
ml/nj
To: past_present
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.
18 posted on
08/22/2009 11:53:53 AM PDT by
Jeffrey_D.
(veritas odium parit)
To: past_present; All
20 posted on
08/22/2009 12:07:01 PM PDT by
Charlespg
(The Mainstream media is the enemy of democracy destroy the mainstream media)
To: past_present
When I was a kid whenever adults made an uproar over a book they felt was unfit for teenagers, their efforts assured that we all got our hands on it and devoured every word.
21 posted on
08/22/2009 12:11:52 PM PDT by
freespirited
(The only thing growing faster than the deficit is Chris Matthews' man crush on Obama -- Tim Pawlenty)
To: past_present
Look if the book has been out longer than you’ve been alive just STFU and understand that the world doesn’t revolve around you and how you feel. GEEZ what is wrong with people today and how will they ever survive if they hav to face any sort of hardship?
To: past_present
Your request for Tintin au Congo / Hergé. was successful.
You will be able to pick up this material at Highlawn (42) when it is ready .
Copyright © 2009 Brooklyn Public Library | Terms & Conditions
28 posted on
08/22/2009 12:40:11 PM PDT by
Tanniker Smith
(Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
To: past_present
I'm offended. That library is specieist!
29 posted on
08/22/2009 12:41:24 PM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: past_present
New Yorkers head to their library.
30 posted on
08/22/2009 12:43:48 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Democrat - The Party of Bull Connor, slavery, Jim Crow laws, Obama and Suzanne Kosmas)
To: past_present
My mother had to remove, “Little Black Sambo” and “Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby”, from her school library years ago. I thought that these were classics of children's literature and thought those removals were unfair. A note put on the book about changing attitudes, would of sufficed.
To: past_present
I remember when my public university locked “The Joy of Sex” in what was called “the cage” and the “Playboy” issue that featured a professor was locked in the attic.
32 posted on
08/22/2009 12:48:17 PM PDT by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: past_present
As the signs in front of the libraries in Lefty towns always say, "Read a banned book this week." I guess they mean to read the books banned by
other people, not themselves.
Glad to oblige in any case, if the writer is good. Hergé is clean, good-hearted fun. Anyone who takes offense at innocent caricatures in cartoons might as well be a Moslem.
To: past_present
I’m not a lawyer, but I suspect the library’s action would not hold up to a civil lawsuit. My understanding is that public libraries must first establish criteria as to what constitutes an “offensive” book; that is, they can’t simply act in an arbitrary fashion regarding particular books.
This is how it works for public school libraries, so I suspect the law would be even more rigorous for municipal libraries. In schools, a parent or group of parents can’t simply insist a book be removed. Formal democratic procedures must be followed.
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