Comments on: BBW Day three http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/ A seduction in words Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stumbling Over Chaos :: Go get a cup of coffee before you start this linkfest, eh? http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27594 Stumbling Over Chaos :: Go get a cup of coffee before you start this linkfest, eh? Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:59:02 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27594 [...] great posts about it, including Neil Gaiman, The Book Smugglers, Wendy the Super Librarian, Lauren Dane, Love Romance Passion, Romance Book Wyrm, TeleRead, Dottie (My Blog 2.0), and many [...] [...] great posts about it, including Neil Gaiman, The Book Smugglers, Wendy the Super Librarian, Lauren Dane, Love Romance Passion, Romance Book Wyrm, TeleRead, Dottie (My Blog 2.0), and many [...]

]]> By: Mary G http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27547 Mary G Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:01:41 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27547 OMG - One of the school boards here just banned To Kill A Mockingbird (which is one of my fave books from high school) because one parent complained. If you look at the list it seems that sex & love are taboo but violence is acceptable. It the same with books & movies. Don't show the sex but the blood & gore are acceptable. How different would the world be if it was the other way around? OMG – One of the school boards here just banned To Kill A Mockingbird (which is one of my fave books from high school) because one parent complained. If you look at the list it seems that sex & love are taboo but violence is acceptable. It the same with books & movies. Don’t show the sex but the blood & gore are acceptable. How different would the world be if it was the other way around?

]]> By: Natasha A. http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27544 Natasha A. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:14 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27544 I have been saying this a lot this week. As someone who is in school to become a library technician (a step under a librarian), one of the first things we learn is that we do not have the right to censor what someone reads. We are not allowed to let our morals or ethics enter into the equation. Period. I have been saying this a lot this week. As someone who is in school to become a library technician (a step under a librarian), one of the first things we learn is that we do not have the right to censor what someone reads. We are not allowed to let our morals or ethics enter into the equation. Period.

]]> By: cristina http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27543 cristina Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:10:06 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27543 This is disturbing, the fact that "they" ( whoever they are) don't even read the material that they want to bann. I would like to say that in canada that doesn't happen but that would not be true. They tried to censor an articile reguarding Islam in Macleans magazine(political/economic magazine) the article was base on a book which they tried to ban. it went to the supreme court of BC and its heading to the surpreme court of canada. the outcome so far is sales thru thr roof. telling someone what to think feel and do is not the job of gov't . their job is to provide services to govern their people. quote from a former cabianet member of british parliament " it is much more difficult to govern and educated healthy confident society than it is to govern uneducated unhealthy desparte nation. desparte peole lack hope and will. They just follow along and hope things will turn out well for them. " that quote stuck with me cuz it can filter down to raising children. confident smart kids who speak their minds. are always harder to manage. but so worth it in the end. you're a good mom. just for taking the time to care. i know it seems like it would be your "job" but you know lots of parents are to busy to be consistant and involved they just stick their kid in front of a video game and wonder why their kids is apathetic. so thank you as a member of society for taking the time with you kids. one of them or all of them could be in the postion of making decsion for other people one day. This is disturbing, the fact that “they” ( whoever they are) don’t even read the material that they want to bann. I would like to say that in canada that doesn’t happen but that would not be true. They tried to censor an articile reguarding Islam in Macleans magazine(political/economic magazine) the article was base on a book which they tried to ban. it went to the supreme court of BC and its heading to the surpreme court of canada. the outcome so far is sales thru thr roof. telling someone what to think feel and do is not the job of gov’t . their job is to provide services to govern their people.
quote from a former cabianet member of british parliament ” it is much more difficult to govern and educated healthy confident society than it is to govern uneducated unhealthy desparte nation. desparte peole lack hope and will. They just follow along and hope things will turn out well for them. ”

that quote stuck with me cuz it can filter down to raising children. confident smart kids who speak their minds. are always harder to manage. but so worth it in the end. you’re a good mom. just for taking the time to care. i know it seems like it would be your “job” but you know lots of parents are to busy to be consistant and involved they just stick their kid in front of a video game and wonder why their kids is apathetic. so thank you as a member of society for taking the time with you kids. one of them or all of them could be in the postion of making decsion for other people one day.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27542 Nancy Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:05:49 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27542 A-frakking-men! :grin: A-frakking-men!

]]> By: Christine http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27541 Christine Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:38:45 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27541 Obviously I wasn't doing a very good job of parenting since I let my daughter read two items from # 3. And I thought the Kite Runner was an incredile story. But what do I know. The library is a gift to everyone it equalizing us all. So rich and poor alike can read books without distinction. I'll say this again and again if you don't like what's on the radio or the TV then change the channel. If you don't like a book then you don't have to read it. But when you feel you have the power to determine that the rest of society can't listen to a song, watch particular program or read a certain book then we have a problem. Don't impose your moral choices on society as a whole. Believe it or not most of us are more than capable of making our own decisions and to steal a phrase we don't the morality police to make our decisions for us. Obviously I wasn’t doing a very good job of parenting since I let my daughter read
two items from # 3. And I thought the Kite Runner was an incredile story. But what do I know. The library is a gift to everyone it equalizing us all. So rich and poor alike can read books without distinction. I’ll say this again and again if you don’t like what’s on the radio or the TV then change the channel. If you don’t like a book then you don’t have to read it. But when you feel you have the power to determine that the rest of society can’t listen to a song, watch particular program or read a certain book then we have a problem. Don’t impose your moral choices on society as a whole. Believe it or not most of us are more than capable of making our own decisions and to steal a phrase we don’t the morality police to make our decisions for us.

]]> By: Chris http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2009/09/28/bbw-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-27540 Chris Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:31:40 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-27540 Perfectly expressed, Lauren. Perfectly expressed, Lauren.

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