From: Sally Miller <derbymiller>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:16:21 -0500

I hope everyone noticed that David remembered to mention what he's currently reading! I do hope more of us do--I find it such fun. Sally Derby I'm currently reading Hurt Go Happy at the recommendation of my thirteen-year-old granddaughter.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Richardson" <rich5568 at hotmail.com> To: <nancegar at aol.com>; <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Library censorship


>
> May I add that by the time a censorship issue (or funding issue, or any
> other such issue) has reach the public forum (especially the NY Times or
> national magazines), there are always political overtones to it. After
> all, isn't that the goal of the parties involved? To create such a
> volatile situation that politicians act on whichever group's behalf in
> order to garner public support in the next election.
>
> This would make any issue in print or on the news out of bounds. Perhaps
> there are cases where the spirit, not the letter, of the law needs to be
> followed.
>
> Dave Richardson
> who is reading the ARC of The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes by Marlane
> Kennedy
>
>
>
>> From: Nancegar at aol.com
>> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:52:22 -0400
>> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
>> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Library censorship
>>
>> Although I understand and appreciate the "rule" about keeping politics
>> out of
>> CCBC discussions, I agree wholeheartedly that incidents of library
>> censorship, regardless of whether they're perpetrated by political
>> candidates and
>> officials or private citizens, are relevant to those of us who read and
>> contribute
>> to the CCBC listserv. I guess we've just found out how hard it
>> sometimes is
>> to separate the two--but given the several book-related professions
>> represented by CCBC subscribers, I'd vote for allowing censorship
>> discussions
>> regardless of any political overtones. But perhaps in those cases in
>> which there
>> are such overtones, it would indeed be wise to avoid any appearance of
>> campaigning overtly for or against any of the political figures involved.
>> Given the
>> fact that most (all? almost all?) of us are anti-censorship, our views
>> pro or con
>> those political figures are likely to be obvious anyway--but it would be
>> too
>> bad and I think a mistake to ignore discussing any censorship situation
>> that
>> had political overtones.
>>
>> I do think, though, that the Sara Palin situation is a more than usually
>> questionable one given that she's actively running for office and since
>> the
>> censorship situation in which she was involved occurred some time ago.
>> For that
>> reason, it was perhaps a good idea that we were reminded of the "rule."
>> Unless I
>> missed it, though, I don't think that anyone participating in the
>> discussion
>> openly advocated voting one way or the other.
>>
>> Nancy Garden
>>
>>
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