tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post714676804627917485..comments2024-03-29T03:37:19.590-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: ALA Pays West Bend Personal Visit to Ensure Children Retain Access to Inappropriate Material; ALA Desperate Due to Major DefeatSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-87742425721638670172009-06-05T21:58:11.431-04:002009-06-05T21:58:11.431-04:00jhaas, thanks for commenting.
Your blog didn'...jhaas, thanks for commenting.<br /><br />Your blog didn't post on that other blog. Feel free to post it here.<br /><br />It is not censorship or book banning to keep children from inappropriate material. Such material has nothing to do with ideas.<br /><br />As to a "sanitized" world, kids are keep out of movies, bars, race tracks, or kept from purchasing cigarettes, drugs, a-a-a-a-a-alcohol, etc. Teachers and others are jailed for taking certain liberties with children they may take with anyone else. Children are protected in numerous other ways, perhaps countless ways. Entire populations must drink fluoridated water just to benefit growing children. True, children may be legally killed or allowed to die, although another term is used for such killing.<br /><br />Why should public libraries be the exception to the rule solely because <a href="http://www.fflibraries.org/The_Internet_And_the_Seduction_of_the_American_Public_Library.html" rel="nofollow">a former ACLU leader changed the ALA rules on how libraries will serve children</a>? Have taxpayers lost the ability to keep the ACLU/ALA influence out of their own public libraries? Who redefined the language to call keeping inappropriate material from children "censorship" or "book banning"?<br /><br />I am certain West Bend citizens would prefer to be guided by the US Supreme Court when it said, "<a href="http://laws.findlaw.com/us/539/194.html" rel="nofollow">The interest in protecting young library users from material inappropriate for minors is legitimate, and even compelling, as all Members of the Court appear to agree</a>."SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-52714998939133056942009-06-05T21:35:05.732-04:002009-06-05T21:35:05.732-04:00Why don't truly concerned parents go to the li...Why don't truly concerned parents go to the library with their children, and say "No, you may not read that book" if it contains egregious material? Censorship in lieu of parenting helps no one.<br /><br />Soldier, have you actually read this book? <br /><br />Did you ever read <i>Huck Finn</i>?<br /><br />What would happen if a child did read a book such as this, and then approached you with questions about the language contained within it?<br /><br />Banning the book from the library (or burning it) would prevent such a thing from happening. That is not a positive change. Children cannot learn and grow in a perfectly sanitized world.jhaashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922130571111310393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-90157671024401453542009-06-03T10:14:36.140-04:002009-06-03T10:14:36.140-04:00I have just learned the Deborah Caldwell-Stone has...I have just learned the Deborah Caldwell-Stone has made a SECOND appearance in West Bend, this time at a library board meeting. <br /><br />By the way, she branded me a "<a href="http://wissup.blogspot.com/2009/06/west-bend-library-board-lies-anger-and.html" rel="nofollow">censorship advocate</a>," according to Ginny. <br /><br />Can anyone tell me where to get video or a transcript?SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-6683952542015031972009-06-02T21:06:59.855-04:002009-06-02T21:06:59.855-04:00Maria and Soldier, thank you for commenting.
Mari...Maria and Soldier, thank you for commenting.<br /><br />Maria, where did I not "accurately report" something? <br /><br />And "intention" is not an element of censorship. Where exactly do you get this misinformation from? Your claims about censorship would mean the US Supreme Court regularly supports censorship. <br /><br />As to the Caldwell-Stone comments you claim I "continually twist," I presented Krug comments that corroborate those of Caldwell-Stones. Besides, it is common sense anyway, so much so that even these two ALA leaders say moving books is not censorship. <br /><br />I fail to see why you continue to promote your own original research instead of relying on the US Supreme Court, etc. If you want to be taken seriously as a leader, you have at least attempt to make accurate statements.<br /><br />I revealed how the ALA and the ACLU are in a law suit in Miami-Dade County to force a community to do what they want, yet you make no comments about that. Your failure to do so is either very telling or it is further evidence of why you might not be taken seriously as a leader opposed to nonexistent practices.<br /><br />Whatever, thanks again for commenting.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-58813853883918584792009-06-02T18:33:59.310-04:002009-06-02T18:33:59.310-04:00I think it is terrible, revolting, disgusting, and...I think it is terrible, revolting, disgusting, and any other word you can think of that the ALA is polluting our children's minds with these garbage books that should not even be in the hands of children or adults. The ALA will one day answer to God for corrupting children's minds.Soldier for Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032810383740833394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-39094874580479773912009-06-02T08:49:23.397-04:002009-06-02T08:49:23.397-04:00Dan, some of the citizens of West Bend that attend...Dan, some of the citizens of West Bend that attended the Read In participated in a discussion with Deborah Caldwell-Stone and Angela Maycock of the ALA. I think they, not you, can accurately report what information was presented by the two ladies.<br /><br />As Angela said to me on Friday, what makes the current WBCFSL requests censorship is the intention behind them. WBCFSL wants policies changed and potentially books moved to limit access to a group of library patrons based on their age. Any time books are moved with the intention of limiting or restricting access, this is censorship. Moving books to make them more accessible is entirely different, and Deborah's past comments about that are what you continually twist to try to suit your argument.<br /><br /><I>So, citizens of West Bend, decide for yourselves what's right for your own public library.</I> Thank you. We will.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751723547912389162noreply@blogger.com