I think the top shelf is a common sense solution.
Taking them off the shelves just opens the door to censorship. Maybe the library should go through every book and sharpy out the four letter words. And maybe rewrite the steamy scenes in romance novels, so they better fit our ideals.
Kevin
Sheldon C. Portland, OR said:
I feel that as a free society, without discrimination to one another, or banning books, much like Nazi Germany did in he 1930's, we should not ban or censor books from the public Library system. Libraries are meant to provided information to the public as a whole, regardless of religious belief, sexual orienation or political affiliation. Once we start banning books we fail to be the democracy we are, or once were...
Byron LeRoy Herrick said:
I feel both of these books should be removed. I am an avid library user where I live and have made requests that certain books be removed because of sexual content. If you desire to read books with strong sexual content, you are always free to purchase them for yourself.
With limited resources, in most library districts, monies spent should be for books the Majority of users find appropriate.
lauren florer said:
I feel no written material published should be banned or removed from any public library, public means anyone can walk in and read any book there. We live in a free society, if you do not want to read curtain books you have that right not too. But I also have the right to walk in and read any book I want, as far as purchasing sexual content goes, you are also free to purchase non sexual material. If that is the way you want to go then shut down the public libraries and purchase all your books that way you only have to see the books you want. When this country was created, we were given the freedom of choice and that means that we are able to chose what we want to see and what we don't want to see, if this is something that you don't want to see then simply don't look at it. If you have no interest in these books then you have the choice not to look at them but do not take away that choice from other people because then you corrupt their freedom and their choice.
Dan Corry said:
While at a branch U.W. (not Washington, Wisconsin) there was a room set aside for "special collections" (including turn of the century pornography). You arranged for access, but it was not denied to adults.
Let's not turn the general stacks into shelves full of adult fantasy fare. The private sector will always provide material such as this. The library stands as a noble institution for learning and literature. Packing it full of cheap thrills demeans not only the library, but us for allowing it.
Besides, it's redundant. There is no shortage of titillating fare in any municipality.
Malinda D. said:
I think the books should be left on the shelves although I can understand the precaution of putting them on a higher shelf. I feel that too many people tend to use kids as an excuse to remove materials they dont aprove of and that is just censorship. If parents raise thier kids right and talk to them about things they may see out there then the books shouldn't be a problem. People in our society shouldn't expect censorship to save them from things they'd rather not see..what's next..the bookstores wont be allowed to sell the books either? The more we expect the government to protect us from things we find "offensive" the more our freedoms are restricted and that just isn't american. Enough of our freedoms are being taken away. I think we need to fight against any more being taken away.
Cyrix said:
is having joy in sex really dirty, immoral or taboo? is it pornographic?
Heck, put it in the biology section. It can't be any worse than learning about it from TV
If parents are that worried about what kids read in a public library, why not take them with you to the libarary so you can show them where the bible is. I bet little Peggy or Johnny would love to have you at the library with them...
or don't you have time?
there is always time for that which is important.
Judy said:
Libraries are about information and making information harder to access defeats that purpose. Society should get away from the idea that sex is wrong or evil. If a parent is concerned about what THEIR child is reading, then they should go to the library with them. But they don't have the right, nor should they decide what my child or any other child is reading. What my child reads is MY choice.
Saera said:
No books should be censored. We may not agree with the content of the books, but that is honestly irrelevant. There are plenty of g rated books I don't agree with, that doesn't mean I feel others should be prevented from reading them or finding them in the local library. If folks are concerned about adult content getting into childrens hands, there are a couple options: 1. have an adult only section of the library. 2. have adult books require you to have an id that says you are legal adult age in that region to check out the book. 3. monitor what your kids are reading! (wow, I know that's a tough one for parents to handle!) I'm a parent, it honestly isn't that hard to pay attention to what books your child is checking out from the library, what movies they are watching, what websites they are going to. Just spend some time with your kids, talk to them, pay attention, be involved and this whole desire for censorship thing wouldn't be an issue. If this is desired by adults who just don't want books with sex in the library, please remember YOU'RE AN ADULT! If you don't like the book, move on, don't check it out, no one's forcing it upon you, just like no one is forcing you to order the playboy channel on cable and watch that.
Bill Hansen said:
If you weren't lookin for the book when you walked into the library maybe you wouldn't be offended by it.Don't you think it's time we stop trying to push our own values onto everybody else? Who cares if you don't like a particular book. Just because you don't like it is not enough reason to make it unavailable to everyone else.
JOHN said:
no reason to have either in the library if you need to learn any of this go buy the book down town, sensorship is on the rize, due to the morals of our new genrations stupid ideas, we need to change back to moral ways in a big hurry, p.s. bomb making should be pulled also if you need to learn something good or bad and its not a the public libarary then you will buy what you need to learn the public sould not buy books to teach any one's personal needs when it comes to morals or the lack of !!!!
I think the top shelf is a common sense solution.
Taking them off the shelves just opens the door to censorship. Maybe the library should go through every book and sharpy out the four letter words. And maybe rewrite the steamy scenes in romance novels, so they better fit our ideals.
Kevin
I feel that as a free society, without discrimination to one another, or banning books, much like Nazi Germany did in he 1930's, we should not ban or censor books from the public Library system. Libraries are meant to provided information to the public as a whole, regardless of religious belief, sexual orienation or political affiliation. Once we start banning books we fail to be the democracy we are, or once were...
I feel both of these books should be removed. I am an avid library user where I live and have made requests that certain books be removed because of sexual content. If you desire to read books with strong sexual content, you are always free to purchase them for yourself.
With limited resources, in most library districts, monies spent should be for books the Majority of users find appropriate.
I feel no written material published should be banned or removed from any public library, public means anyone can walk in and read any book there. We live in a free society, if you do not want to read curtain books you have that right not too. But I also have the right to walk in and read any book I want, as far as purchasing sexual content goes, you are also free to purchase non sexual material. If that is the way you want to go then shut down the public libraries and purchase all your books that way you only have to see the books you want. When this country was created, we were given the freedom of choice and that means that we are able to chose what we want to see and what we don't want to see, if this is something that you don't want to see then simply don't look at it. If you have no interest in these books then you have the choice not to look at them but do not take away that choice from other people because then you corrupt their freedom and their choice.
While at a branch U.W. (not Washington, Wisconsin) there was a room set aside for "special collections" (including turn of the century pornography). You arranged for access, but it was not denied to adults.
Let's not turn the general stacks into shelves full of adult fantasy fare. The private sector will always provide material such as this. The library stands as a noble institution for learning and literature. Packing it full of cheap thrills demeans not only the library, but us for allowing it.
Besides, it's redundant. There is no shortage of titillating fare in any municipality.
I think the books should be left on the shelves although I can understand the precaution of putting them on a higher shelf. I feel that too many people tend to use kids as an excuse to remove materials they dont aprove of and that is just censorship. If parents raise thier kids right and talk to them about things they may see out there then the books shouldn't be a problem. People in our society shouldn't expect censorship to save them from things they'd rather not see..what's next..the bookstores wont be allowed to sell the books either? The more we expect the government to protect us from things we find "offensive" the more our freedoms are restricted and that just isn't american. Enough of our freedoms are being taken away. I think we need to fight against any more being taken away.
is having joy in sex really dirty, immoral or taboo? is it pornographic?
Heck, put it in the biology section. It can't be any worse than learning about it from TV
If parents are that worried about what kids read in a public library, why not take them with you to the libarary so you can show them where the bible is. I bet little Peggy or Johnny would love to have you at the library with them...
or don't you have time?
there is always time for that which is important.
Libraries are about information and making information harder to access defeats that purpose. Society should get away from the idea that sex is wrong or evil. If a parent is concerned about what THEIR child is reading, then they should go to the library with them. But they don't have the right, nor should they decide what my child or any other child is reading. What my child reads is MY choice.
No books should be censored. We may not agree with the content of the books, but that is honestly irrelevant. There are plenty of g rated books I don't agree with, that doesn't mean I feel others should be prevented from reading them or finding them in the local library. If folks are concerned about adult content getting into childrens hands, there are a couple options: 1. have an adult only section of the library. 2. have adult books require you to have an id that says you are legal adult age in that region to check out the book. 3. monitor what your kids are reading! (wow, I know that's a tough one for parents to handle!) I'm a parent, it honestly isn't that hard to pay attention to what books your child is checking out from the library, what movies they are watching, what websites they are going to. Just spend some time with your kids, talk to them, pay attention, be involved and this whole desire for censorship thing wouldn't be an issue. If this is desired by adults who just don't want books with sex in the library, please remember YOU'RE AN ADULT! If you don't like the book, move on, don't check it out, no one's forcing it upon you, just like no one is forcing you to order the playboy channel on cable and watch that.
If you weren't lookin for the book when you walked into the library maybe you wouldn't be offended by it.Don't you think it's time we stop trying to push our own values onto everybody else? Who cares if you don't like a particular book. Just because you don't like it is not enough reason to make it unavailable to everyone else.
no reason to have either in the library if you need to learn any of this go buy the book down town, sensorship is on the rize, due to the morals of our new genrations stupid ideas, we need to change back to moral ways in a big hurry, p.s. bomb making should be pulled also if you need to learn something good or bad and its not a the public libarary then you will buy what you need to learn the public sould not buy books to teach any one's personal needs when it comes to morals or the lack of !!!!