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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"stoney" |
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14 Apr 2006 07:24:00 PM |
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Dumbass Christian Ignoramous Censors Books Again |
http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/8510.html
Suburban LA County Pulls Manga Text from Libraries
'Obscene Comics'
April 14, 2006
Bill Postmus, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of suburban San
Bernadino County, California, has ordered the county's libraries to
remove the scholarly text Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics from
circulation. He proudly announced the move, calling the book "obscene
comics," on the county's Website, saying, "That book is absolutely
inappropriate for a public library and as soon as I was made aware of it
yesterday, I ordered it to be removed immediately."
The flap started in Victorville, after a 16-year-old checked the book
out of the adult section of the library. The teen's mother "was
horrified," according to a story in the local Desert Dispatch, and wrote
a letter to the library asking that the book be removed.
County Library Collection Development Coordinator Nannette
Bricker-Barrett, in a proud moment for free speech, was quoted by the
newspaper as noting that it was the parent's responsibility to determine
what a minor checked out of the adult section. "It is the parents'
responsibility since the library does not act as a parent. It is the
library's responsibility to offer a broad spectrum of materials, not to
exclude materials....Library policy affirms the American Library
Association's Library Bill of rights, Freedom to Read, and Freedom to
View statements." The county-wide system had 13 copies of the book in
its collection.
The 2004 trade paperback, written by Paul Gravett and published by
Harper Design, is a history of Japanese comics, and includes, in several
chapters, discussion of adult comics that depict sex and violence. The
violence was apparently not an issue, nor was the fact that the
reproductions of panels that feature sexual situations were, as far as
we could tell, all R-rated and treated in a serious, scholarly way.
Postmus' statement and the local newspaper coverage made much of the
fact that the book contains "sex with animals," but we couldn't find it;
we must not have looked as hard.
The vast San Bernadino County, east of Los Angeles, includes such
suburban communities as Ontario, Chino, and Fontana, as well as the more
remote Barstow and Twenty-Nine Palms.
Postmus has also called for the library system "to draft a plan to
protect children from inappropriate books and other materials that may
currently exist in the county library system."
/end
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Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| Title: Re: Dumbass Christian Ignoramous Censors Books Again |
15 Apr 2006 01:32:11 AM |
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stoney wrote:
http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/8510.html
Suburban LA County Pulls Manga Text from Libraries
'Obscene Comics'
April 14, 2006
Bill Postmus, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of suburban San
Bernadino County, California, has ordered the county's libraries to
remove the scholarly text Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics from
circulation. He proudly announced the move, calling the book "obscene
comics," on the county's Website, saying, "That book is absolutely
inappropriate for a public library and as soon as I was made aware of it
yesterday, I ordered it to be removed immediately."
No doubt this clown supported Asscruft's draping of the topless
statue. And dollars to doughnuts says this guy is upset that
the library doesn't monitor its internet users.
County Library Collection Development Coordinator Nannette
Bricker-Barrett, in a proud moment for free speech, was quoted by the
newspaper as noting that it was the parent's responsibility to determine
what a minor checked out of the adult section. "It is the parents'
responsibility since the library does not act as a parent. It is the
library's responsibility to offer a broad spectrum of materials, not to
exclude materials....Library policy affirms the American Library
Association's Library Bill of rights, Freedom to Read, and Freedom to
View statements." The county-wide system had 13 copies of the book in
its collection.
The book has as much value and is probably equally "offensive"
as a Doonesbury compilation. I guess those are next on their
list of books to ban.
The 2004 trade paperback, written by Paul Gravett and published by
Harper Design, is a history of Japanese comics, and includes, in several
chapters, discussion of adult comics that depict sex and violence. The
violence was apparently not an issue, nor was the fact that the
reproductions of panels that feature sexual situations were, as far as
we could tell, all R-rated and treated in a serious, scholarly way.
Postmus' statement and the local newspaper coverage made much of the
fact that the book contains "sex with animals," but we couldn't find it;
we must not have looked as hard.
The twits probably consider insinuations of sex with "catgirls"
to be bestiality. For those who don't know, "catgirls" are
human looking and human acting creatures which have ears and a
tail and are exaggerately "cute" with big breasts. Imagine
Pamela Anderson with feline appendages.
I was (am?) a fan of anime and don't find the sexual innuendos
to be a turn on; they're more of a running gag for me. But then
again, I'm not trying to find sexual content in everything I see.
The vast San Bernadino County, east of Los Angeles, includes such
suburban communities as Ontario, Chino, and Fontana, as well as the more
remote Barstow and Twenty-Nine Palms.
Postmus has also called for the library system "to draft a plan to
protect children from inappropriate books and other materials that may
currently exist in the county library system."
Quick! Somebody put fire retardant in the 000's, 500's and
900's aisles!
But that's in the Dewey Decimal System. Interestingly, in the
Library of Congress Classification system, religion is found
under BS.
Bob Dog
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"Easily the biggest challenge facing the ID community
is to develop a full-fledged theory of biological
design. We don't have such a theory right now, and
that's a real problem. Without a theory, it's very
hard to know where to direct your research focus."
- Paul Nelson, creationist
and anti-science advocate
"Maybe he needs a new version of the Ten Commandments
-- George W. Bush's Ten Commandments:
Thou shalt not steal...votes.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's...country.
Thou shalt not kill...for oil.
Thou shalt not take grammar...in vain."
- Margaret Cho
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