tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post8144415550986511668..comments2024-03-19T03:29:32.265-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: Annoyed Librarian Rips ALA for Banned Books Week "Nonsense" and for an "Incoherent and Self-Serving" Definition of CensorshipSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-22716864969671711832009-10-02T00:50:44.391-04:002009-10-02T00:50:44.391-04:00Case in point: Maziarka has picked up this post an...Case in point: Maziarka has picked up this post and the Annoyed Librarian post it refers to and is now using them on WISSUP to claim that her position is something (anything) other than censorship.<br /><br />If there is any case that demonstrates the crying need for Banned Books week, it is Maziarka, the WBC4SL, and the West Bend Library.Non-Censorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480967648669777010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-15870381687182949022009-10-01T16:58:39.147-04:002009-10-01T16:58:39.147-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Non-Censorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480967648669777010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-12500233507542530822009-10-01T16:57:01.744-04:002009-10-01T16:57:01.744-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Non-Censorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480967648669777010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-6941770324532523762009-10-01T15:16:25.038-04:002009-10-01T15:16:25.038-04:00Dan,
Is it your opinion that if a book (or whatev...Dan,<br /><br />Is it your opinion that if a book (or whatever) does not appear on a library shelf, then the only explanation for that is censorship? Is that what you would call it? <br /><br />-ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-49466791196659194932009-10-01T11:13:33.895-04:002009-10-01T11:13:33.895-04:00ALA is being self-serving? I should hope so. ALA...ALA is being self-serving? I should hope so. ALA is a professional organization that serves the profession and it's members. <br /><br />Who are they supposed to serve? The Freemason? The College of Cardinals? The Utah Jazz? <br /><br />-ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-70615103731384423662009-10-01T08:24:13.789-04:002009-10-01T08:24:13.789-04:00You tell us the ALA's definition of censorship...You tell us the ALA's definition of censorship is "incoherent and self-serving," but don't say how. What definition do they use, and what's wrong with it?<br /><br />What definition of censorship are you using?! You say it's censorship for the ALA to cry censorship when people try to censor. Stating facts is not censorship.<br /><br />But one thing that clearly, unequivocally, IS censorship is when one parent tries to tell another parent what their children can or should read. How can you say "That's not what is happening"?! That's EXACTLY what is happening in West Bend and Leesburg and scores of other places. It isn't enough for those book challengers to decide what their own children can read. They want the library to remove books or limit access to books that clearly fall within constitutionally protected Free Speech. That's not a personal choice, it's the infliction of personal opinions on others.<br /><br />That is not an "incoherent and self-serving" definition of censorship. It is THE definition of censorship.<br /><br />In your final paragraph, you seem to say that this isn't censorship because the library makes the final decision, not the complaining parents. HOW does that make the censorship something other than censorship? The library is bowing to the parental demand for censorship? The parents are only DEMANDING censorship. If the library implements it, the library becomes the REAL censor. As your precious Board v. Pico case makes clear, an arbitrary removal of library materials based on the content of protected speech violates the First Amendment.Non-Censorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480967648669777010noreply@blogger.com