Follow up to “porn in the library”

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

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I have never read the book Caliguia so I cannot pass judgement on it as porography. What I know is, complaining to the library over something you find offensive is like "I know better than anyone else this and that are bad and so my responsibility is to eliminate such fiflth for the better of all mankind”

What do you hope to achieve by alerting the library of its contents? If the book is banned from your library, will you be alleviated that, that particular copy was removed from your library?
What did you achieve?
 
Might as well ban Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales as well. Mainly because of The Miller's Tale. Which I read way back in the 1970's, but can hardly remember what it is about. I just had to Google it, to refresh my memory. I guess it was considered rather risqué at the time.
 
Mr. Ed said:
I have never read the book Caliguia so I cannot pass judgement on it as porography. What I know is, complaining to the library over something you find offensive is like "I know better than anyone else this and that are bad and so my responsibility is to eliminate such fiflth for the better of all mankind”

What do you hope to achieve by alerting the library of its contents? If the book is banned from your library, will you be alleviated that, that particular copy was removed from your library?
What did you achieve?
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When I hear these stories, it reminds me of Fahrenheit 451. So a library has a book someone disaproves of. Big deal. Mind their own business. Just because one nosey person doesn't approve of a book, it doesn't mean others should not have the chance of reading it for themselves. It reminds me of those right to life fanatics who are against abortions, so they want to take away a womans right to have one. :mad:
 
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In high school I tried to gain entrance to watch the movie Candy but was denied. Now Candy and other adult themed movies are available for watching on a number movie streaming sites
 
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I don't see any reason why the so-called pornographic literature should be banned from public libraries. Even children meanwhile can get a lot of movies on YouTube with explicit sexual content. The books are much more harmless. Often they are boring. As a young man I read Henry Miller's "Tropic of Capricorn". It 'impressed' me so much that I even don't know the plot anymore. On the other hand I remember a short story by Anais Nin on a man who felt in love with a woman who had a distinct mole on her skin which he liked. In the end she had it removed and his love was gone. Of course the reader knows that it wasn't love but merely fetishism.
 
Paladin1950 said:
Might as well ban Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales as well. Mainly because of The Miller's Tale. Which I read way back in the 1970's, but can hardly remember what it is about. I just had to Google it, to refresh my memory. I guess it was considered rather risqué at the time.
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Thanks, now I had to google, The Canterbury Tales, because I couldn't remember it from the 60's. I must have enjoyed Chaucer's work back in the 60's because my mind went right back to it, except for the details of the story line.
 
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