RE: Book censorship in the U.S.A.

["Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>]

I heard the other day that libraries are increasingly sending their fine
collections to agencies. You can really *&%$# up your credit rating now
by ignoring library fines.

Of course, this woman should probably be in jail for what she did, but
that's another matter. I hope if they get new copies they have the good
sense not to let her take them out.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com

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On Behalf Of rms () computerbytesman com
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:55 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Book censorship in the U.S.A.

Critic Of Sex Education Book Refuses To Return Library Copies
http://www.wmtw.com/news/14139329/detail.html

LEWISTON, Maine -- A Lewiston woman who said she was "horrified" by the
content of an acclaimed sex education book has checked out copies from
two libraries and refuses to give them back.
 
JoAn Karkos made her feelings known in letters to the Lewiston and
Auburn public libraries. Each letter was accompanied by a check for
$20.95 to cover the cost of the book, "It's Perfectly Normal: Changing
Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health." 

In one letter, Karkos wrote, "I have been sufficiently horrified of the
illustrations and sexually graphic, amoral, abnormal contents. I will
not be returning the books." 

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