You have got to be kidding me.

[elfs]

Citizen for Community Values is one of those busybody organizations that wants to make sure you're not allowed to think salacious thoughts in the privacy of your home and, if you do, you won't have any support in doing so. They're latest press release is a giggle and a half: They want schools across the country to ban Banned Books Week.

"What people need to understand is that this is the American Library Association's way of trying to censor those who exercise their free speech rights and say that there are books in the library that should not be available to children." Of course, the American Library Association doesn't have the power to censor since it's not a governmental institution. Neither is the CCV, thank the gods. One wants to put books on the shelves; the other wants them removed. Which one stands with the censors now?

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[kenshardik]

"Those censors are censoring our right to censor!"

Hey, is the dictionary on your list of banned books? If not, look up 'irony' when you get the chance.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Of course. Because calling attention to the censors tactics is intellectual terrorism.

The ALA statement is: You-and only you--have the right to decide what your children--and only your children--may or may not view.

Which is, I think reasonable. For more liberal parents like myself, it means our kids can read what they want. For more conservative ones, it means they can tell the kids not to read it. (which just means flash-light under the blanket)