Why not just remove every book and publication from that library that a hundred or so people object?
Too bad houseflys can’t read.
Two things come to mind....
1. I hope the library’s fire insurance is paid up.
2. I hope the library does not expect the voters to approve their next millage request.
Of course, once the government started listening to the voice of the people, perhaps the people would remember that they had library books to return. I'm sure the situation would straighten itself out in the end.
Time to vote in a new library board.
From the thread title, I was expecting Hustler's Barely Legal.
Plus, it makes it easier for the teachers to know which students to prey on.
Screw the magazine, (pun intended) if it is objectionable by most, can the library board for "change".
Beyond protesting the use of tax dollars, it's up to parents to teach their own kids from early ages (my wife homeschools all five of our kids through CDELA ( http://cdela.com/ )). That way you can control and witness what's being taught your children without paying tuition.
Thx.
Ping.
The great irony of this sort of thing is that almost invariably, this becomes an issue when a child brings home such material, and their parent sees it. Yet the vast majority of concerned parents kids would never be interested in this kind of subject matter.
So the problem lies with a single child, and other children whose parents don’t care. This means the emphasis should not be on all children, but on that one child, and *why* that child got the controversial material in the first place.
An excellent example was in a different case, when a child checked out a book that was about child molestation. This should have been a major warning sign for the school counselor, who would have been tipped off by the librarian, and would arrange a “random” meeting with the child in their office. Hopefully discreetly video recorded.
No doubt many parents would object to a book about child molestation being in the school library, not realizing it was a trigger that might catch a child sex offender.
So case in point. This magazine is about “...sexuality issues, substance abuse and eating disorders.” So if a child picks up a copy, they need to be interviewed, because if they do have a problem, it is unlikely it can be solved by an article in a magazine.
It sounds intrusive, but such intrusion might be for very good reasons, and might save a troubled child in the process.
We, the People, who support these librarians, should just steal the copies. Each month.
There's no need to have this on the shelf other than poke a finger in the eye of conservative parents. Hardly any libraries are comprehensive in their print collections any more as they transition more and more to video and Internet.
Sex, Ect.? Really? I didn’t know teens were that interested in electroconvulsive therapy and I certainly don’t understand how that relates to sex.
The definition of ect. - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ECT-
Nobody is forced to borrow a book. Its just like TV, if you don’t like it, change the channel. If you don’t like your kids accessing it, monitor them. We don’t live in an Islamic state run by Mullahs. We are not in a theocracy.
a national sexuality organization ???
Good thing it wasn’t, say a Christian magazine, or something...
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All of those parents need to remember this the next time the library wants another tax levy passed. It won’t hurt them to have to lay off a few of the rude employees who think they know better than you do for your child!
The parents should use guerilla warfare. Start sticking gum between the pages of the mag whenever they go to the library.
Ect?
What the hell is "Ect"?
Are they maybe trying to abbreviate "etcetera" which is done thusly: Etc.
Durn illiterates. Worse than sex mags if you ask me.