Do you believe in banning books in a public library?
by 
aloha girl
ANSWERS: 8
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Banning books is for Nazi's and Communists!!!
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I do not..even the vile, evil ones. They ought to be available to adults. I think it is mandatory to keep such books out of the hands of young children. We need to develop critical thinking, evauate, investigate, cogitate,learn, grow, decide for ourselves what resonates with us. If we are not allowed to be exposed to all kinds of thinking, no matter how wacky, how do we learn to differentiate? :) ((hugs))
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I believe that there are book that shouldn't be available for children to peruse. I figure that if adults want to check out titillating material, they can go buy it for themselves. Libraries should be safe for kids. That said, I don't think that applies to most "written" works as little children just can't read or understand more disturbing erotic literature, however, care should be taken with photographic works and some erotic literature. In addition, let's face it, public libraries can only afford so many books -- financially and physically. I think they owe it to the public to offer the best, not particularly the most "shocking" literature. It should be about offering high quality not provocative books. A little commonsense goes a long way.
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In just about every library I personally, physically visit - about 30 - there are sections for adults and sections for children. In fact in most of those libraries there are entire floors or levels for children. The libraries are doing a pretty good job of self-monitoring. There are quite a few books I would love to see removed or not made available, but I have a choice, too. I have the choice not to even pick-up those books to read them. As far as I'm concerned I banned those books in my mind - for me. When any book is banned it's a violation of our First Amendment rights. Muhalo, aloha girl! Thanks for asking your Q! I did my best to answer it. I hope the information helps. VTY, Ron Berue Yes, that is my real last name! Sources: Some personal observations and opinions. "THE University of Hard Knocks" Also known as ("a/k/a") "life's valuable lessons".
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Just now ran into this and have to add my two cents worth. Short answer: no, sure don't. Longer answer: censorship does not bode well for any free society. Scares me, in fact. It's insidious. So many "big things" began with little steps that went by unchecked. Ban what? Who decides? On what basis? Those lists of what's been banned .. when .. where .. also scare me. For kids - organizing by age or level is one thing. Banning is another. For adults, none of the above.
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um, NO. Banning books would limit us in our ability to explore new ways of thinking.
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A library could hold only so many books. When new ones are pubished, some must be taken from the shelves to make room for the new ones. That wouldn't count as "banninng." But, yes, some books should be banned, of course. One of those anarchist cookbooks are a good example. I also believe the books should be rated, much like movies, and kids should have cards with parental picked ratings, so that they can't check out any books the parents find objectionable.
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Banning - No Heavily checking on the location of inappropriate material away from kids areas - yes.
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