06-06-2024, 02:39 PM
(06-06-2024, 02:24 PM)pally Wrote: Since when has common sense been considered in laws like this? The law is so broadly written ANYTHING perceived to be "harmful to juveniles" 2 people of the same sex sharing a hug can be construed as "sexual content". What about a book on Renaissance Art...lots of naked bodies in those?
Children cannot be protected against ever seeing things that might be disturbing to them. If they pick up a book that may be deemed inappropriate for them BY THEIR PARENTS, then let Mom ad Dad be the book police.
It is common sense. Keep displays G-rated and all the books are still available.
I am a huge fan of a semi-obscure TV series called LEXX. Iy has never been displayed to my knowledge, never promoted, and yet I can go to the counter and request it, or request it via OhioLink, and the DVD's arrives at the library for me to borrow.
The library is not trying to hide LEXX. They are not burning the DVD's, nor banning it.
They are displaying the more popular books, trying to expand minds keep people coming in, and draw in new readers.
LEXX is just a niche series that a small portion of the population wants to watch, so it never makes it to the displays.
