Columbus Woman Declares War On Evil, Immoral.......Libraries!!!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Woman Wants Book About Sex Banned From Library

PATASKALA, Ohio — A woman is campaigning to permanently take a book off library shelves, 10TV's Cara Connelly reported Thursday. Marti Shigley said she found the book on the shelf at her local library - according to her - available right at a child's eye level. "When I opened it, I could not believe how graphic it was, and I thought my word if one of those kids had picked this up and looked inside of it they would have been ruined for life," Shigley said.

The library's director, Matt Nojonen, said the book in question, a sexual health manual, is in the adult section and he stands behind the book. "There is a demand for them the other manuals and the books that we have on the subject are frequently borrowed," Nojonen said.

Shigley said she does not just want the book out of a child's reach, she wants it gone for good. Nojonen said he fears when you take every book off the shelf that someone objects to, you may have nothing left. "Our policies very clearly state that we will buy books that represent all sides of issues," Nojonen said.

Pataskala resident John Glaze said he wants the shelves at his library to stay full. "When you start yanking books off the shelf then we all need to start wearing swastikas," Glaze said. Leah Swan disagrees and said she brings her daughter, Caroline, to the library, and worries the book could fall into the wrong hands. "I think free speech can sometimes be abused in the name of getting weird and bizarre," Swan said.

The library's advisory board heard Shigley's complaint and decided to keep the book in the collection if they can get it back, Connelly reported. Shigley checked it out and said she does not plan to return it. "It may cost me a little bit of money but I don't want anyone else to see this book," Shigley said. The library said that if Shigley fails to return the book, they may revoke her library card.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/12/03/story-pataskala-ban-book-on-sex.html?sid=102

[Cassandra]

1. They might as well revoke her library card...

since she only looks at the pictures.

[Warpy]

8. That's exactly what they need to do

Going to the library is a privilege, not a right, and she has abused that privilege by trying to dictate to other adults what they are allowed to read.

She also needs to know that even if she manages to ban every book in the world, sex is still going to exist and people are still going to do it whether she likes it or not.

Of all the human types out there, the worst one is the saint who wants to dictate to sinners what they're not allowed to do any more.

[Froward69]

26. Hear Here!!

[GoneOffShore]

2. The ability of the religiously insane and sexually repressed to be horrified

at human sexuality never ceases to amaze me.

[DJ13]

3. Shigley checked it out and said she does not plan to return it.

Its sooo dirty.....ohh.......ahh.....no, you CANT .....ahh.....have it back!

[MadMaddie]

27. Well then she can have the collectors come after her.

Pathetic! She should worry about her own child everyone else will worry about theres.

[snagglepuss]

39. LOL.

[virgogal]

4. If I lived in that town I'd buy the library another copy.

[Thickasabrick]

41. I was just thinking that too. I bet someone has already done it. nt

[Initech]

5. A sexual *HEALTH* manual? My god how stupid can the fundies get?

:batshit: :crazy:

[elehhhhna]

33. yeah, and she "hates" it so much she's KEEPING it. Hm mm.

[TommyO]

6. She needs to be charged with theft for her refusal to return the book

The library needs to recover the full cost of the book from her and shelf another copy ASAP.

[bluestateguy]

7. Can't you send somebody to jail for stealing library books?

I believe it has happened before.

[Shallah Kali]

9. one of my grandmothers once read a book from the library that offended her

she got though one chapter, decided she didn't like it and returned it. A few months later the librarian called and asked if she would comment on the book as another library patron had complained and wanted it removed. My grandmother said it simply was not for her so she stopped reading it. The librarian said the woman who complained has said "I read it three times and it was absolute filth!!!" :freak:

[Kitty Herder]

24. LOL Sounds like she read it three times BECAUSE it was absolute filth.

Why would she read something that truly offended her three times?

[onenote]

10. i will be more than happy to buy them a replacement book

provided they cancel that woman's library card so she can't steal another copy

[monmouth]

11. Get that library cop from Seinfeld. He'll put an end to this nonsense....n/t

[onethatcares]

12. did it have pichures of nekkid peeple in it?

you all know that when peeple git nekkid they sometimes take baths and stuff.

I am so glad the stork found my house that day in 1951.

I bet she undresses in the dark and lays her clothes out before going to bed at night. Probably puts on the grannypanties before taking off the flannel nightgown and turnng on the light in the morning.

But seriously, nekkid people????? that's wierd.

[Cleita]

13. The Sarah Palin fueled stupidity never ends does it?

How about an old fashioned book burning? If that ever happens, I will be the first in line to throw a copy of Sarah's bio onto the flames and everything and anything written by Hannity, O'Reilly and Beck. Banning books can cut two ways ya know!

[Luciferous]

14. Here's a thought...

keep an eye on what your child is looking at while you are at the library and then you won't have to worry about it. What a dumb bitch...

[hedgehog]

15. If your child is so fragile that a glimpse of a book will mark them for life,

dirty books at the library are the lest of your problems, honey!

Of course, I had child's picture books of human anatomy lying around the house as well as Lennart Nilsson's A Child is Born when my kids were little.

I don't know if we ever had "THE TALK" with any of the kids aside from some mother to daughter advice when the girls reached menarche. Somehow all my kids have achieved healthy, responsible adulthood. I just wish we'd had books like Prince and Prince and Heather Has Two Mommies. It would have made things easier for me and my gay daughter. Thank God for Buffie!

[Cleita]

16. Hey, when I was a kid we used to read the Bible for our porn.

There was all kinds of illicit "lying with" in the Bible, not to mention stories of harlots and other racy stuff.

[The Straight Story]

22. I say the same thing about christmas decorations and such (nt)

[bluestateguy]

29. There should be nothing! I mean, NOTHING, until the wedding night!

Yes, that is sarcasm.

[harry_pothead]

34. I like the word "menarche"

I saw that word for the first time in my Adolescence textbook a few weeks ago. (for one of my Credential classes)

[charlie]

17. LOL. Here's the book

Saucy cover, possibly NSFW.

&

Yeah, it's a little bit much for a bluenose to grok. As long as she's keeping it, she oughta learn about the wide world outside the ol' get-it-over-with-quick missionary.

[MH1]

18. "they would have been ruined for life"

:rofl:

what a sad pathetic world that woman must live in.

[foxfeet]

19. Charge her with theft of public property. nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. Here's the book in question.

I can think of a half dozen DUers who would think the librarian should be a registered sex offender.

[harry_pothead]

35. Nice name.

:thumbsup:

[Kerrytravelers]

21. Wow. So much stupid, so little time to comment.

This woman is so afraid of human sexuality, she has to shield not only her own children (who will be just so grateful for that when they become adults and can't emotionally function in an adult sexual relationship,) but also all the other adults in the area.

But it seems that there are other nuts in the town, too. Ms. Swan thinks that the First Amendment can be abused in the name of getting weird and bizarre. So... a manual for adults is not weird and bizarre? Ironically enough, it is this very First Amendment right that allows Ms. Swan to sound as nutty as a squirrel.

I just love the irony of the rw.


P.S. The comments on the story link are hysterical. Someone, on page 13, actually claimed the Bible was banned! :rofl:

[southernyankeebelle]

23. Don't let this lady fellow ya, she is taking notes for use.

[intheflow]

25. Overdue library fines go on your credit report.

I don't care for that policy, but in this case, I'll make an exception. I hope it fucking ruins this Nazi's chances of ever getting a loan or credit card ever again.

Oh yeah, and lady? You don't want the book falling into your child's hands? Keep them with you in the library! I work in a library and it sure would be good if some of the parents actually supervised their kids. (Not that all kids need supervision, most will just find books and read quietly or play on the computer. But there are many who run up and down isles, purposefully removed materials from the shelves and either put them else where or dump them on the floor, go into the restrooms to play in the sinks, etc., while their parents are sitting in the adult reading room, reading, or worse, napping!)

[Withywindle]

28. "Weird and bizarre"?

Looks like pretty basic vanilla het stuff to me.

When I was a kid, I had a sex manual for teenagers done in the Alex Comfort mode, with the same kind of beautiful, erotic but tasteful pencil drawings you get in the adult Joy of Sex books (available in straight, gay male, & lesbian versions, IIRC). It was pragmatic and realistic, giving real and valuable information about development, STDs, pregnancy, peer pressure, relationships; it showed people of different ethnicities and body types, etc., all in language that didn't talk down to young people. There were no hysterical scare tactics, but wasn't just "if it feels good, do it" hedonism either. A good companion to "Our Bodies, Ourselves," which I was also given shortly after I got my first period.

How can freaking out and hiding all possible sources of information about sex from kids possibly be good for them? I'm so glad I had liberal "sexual revolution" era parents (even though they were, and still are, monogamously married for over 40 years, they did not believe in the hype of "innocence," and did not think sex was something that could "corrupt" or "ruin" children via books and education).

[redwitch]

30. They "may" revoke her card?

I don't she should be allowed in the building! Order of protection anyone?

[harry_pothead]

31. What was the weird graphic pictures?

Pictures of Hermione Granger doing witchcraft?

[harry_pothead]

32. "Shigley said she does not just want the book out of a child's reach, she wants it gone for good. "

This quote says it all. The religious right uses "protection of children" as a pretext. They really want to ban the material they don't like from EVERYONE, including adults. But they know that being upfront and honest about that desire won't fly.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

36. On one of my booksheves

I have a tattered copy of a quaint volume of forgotten lore from the 50's called something like Facts of Life and Love for Teenagers
I think Ms Shigley might think this would be too much for her precious sheltered darlings
I IIRC the cover picture is of a guy sitting between two girls, each sipping his or her own soda
OMG...A THREESOME!!!

[krabigirl]

37. What a fucking freak. I am so tired of these imbeciles.

I bet she has no problems with little Johnny seeing violent movies, though. stupid lady.

[Odin2005]

38. Typical RW BS, opposed to people being educated about their sexuality.

Creepwads.

[Snarkoleptic]

40. 451F

[TheMadMonk]

42. And in other news. A spokesperson for Bernies Brascica Barn...

...says they will be pressing charges against Mrs Shigley's older, married daughter, who destroyed an entire cabbage crop looking for a baby to call her own.

[mrbarber]

43. Revoke her library card? Screw that. Take her to court for stealing.

[Nikki Stone1]

44. So what does she do when she goes to a bookstore (like Borders) with her kid?

There are a ton of brightly colored books that don't smell like mold that have lots of controversial topics in them. She could have run across a book on tantric yoga and her child would have been scarred for life.