The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.

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    21 year ago

    I can read just fine, thank you.

    The images around the text are absolutely pornography, if you can’t make the distinction between words and pictures you do need help.

    I can make the distinction just fine but it’s completely irrelevant, considering they’re on the same page

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Like I said earlier…

      If hustler releases a text only version of their magazines, that should be allowed.

      How are you not following, you bring up hustler, I say the text in the magazine could be fine, and then provide a link to an example of text in hustler magazine that is fine… Do you click on every link without looking at the URL?

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        11 year ago

        You’re intentionally avoiding my point. If you don’t intend to engage in good faith you can just stop replying to me, thank you.

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          11 year ago

          What’s your point? The current laws allow for hustler magazine to be curated in a library? It doesn’t.

          What books have graphic depictions? Do these books “lack serious literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value.”?

          Is your point that even if a book has serious literary or educational value, it should still be banned? Wanting to ban things of educational or literary value is censorship. It’s a free speech issue because these books are forms of expression. Banning things with value deprives other people of that value.

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            21 year ago

            Do these books “lack serious literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value.”?

            Yes.

            Is your point that even if a book has serious literary or educational value, it should still be banned?

            If the content is otherwise pornographic in nature, it has no place in public libraries.

            Also people need to stop using the word “banned”. It’s not Fahrenheit 451 to have a discussion about what does or doesn’t belong in children’s libraries.

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              11 year ago

              No example of a “pornographic” book? Not even the gay penguin one or the other book authored by Mrs Gay?

              Spineless shit, prove you aren’t a bigot.

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                11 year ago

                Spineless shit, prove you aren’t a bigot.

                Ah yeah now I’m really motivated to return to this 🙄

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Right, your hallucination of pornography in libraries isn’t actually happening, and this law is designed to harass educators.

                  Get bent.