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What a wonderful response. Thank you.
Dan Lester wrote: Whoa, mama! Talk about tossing the baby out with the
bathwater.....I'm generally referred to as a "cynical old fart" by my adult
children and by many colleagues....but even I won't give up on an ideal just
because the implementation of it is less than perfect........--
> Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716-7115 USA 208-383-0165
> d...@84.com http://www.84.com/ http://www.idaholibraries.org/
> http://library.boisestate.edu/ http://cyclops.boisestate.edu/
> http://www.lili.org/ http://www.postcard.org/ Sent me a postcard of a
> library yet?
--
Lynn Daugherty, Jasper County Public Library, 208 W. Susan, Rensselaer, IN 47978
Phone: 219-866-5881 FAX: 219-866-7378
e-mail: led...@netnitco.net library home page:
http://www.jasperco.lib.in.us
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That is just like a person with no argument, who does not know how to think for
themselves.
Avoid the point entirely and criticize my grammar and logic? (Nice way to
construct an argument) Obviously you miss the point entirely. My point of the
message was that censorship; whether you admit or not, censorship is practices
everyday. (Like Mr Ball trying to censor what I wrote by insulting it) Ms.
Hunt
I commend you on your will to fight but you will be only fighting other
Librarians. Just like in this case thanks Mr. Ball! (no response necessary)
Thom Ball wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> This is an excellent, well-considered, restrained response to an
> illogical rant - my kudos to Ms. Hunt. Please apply at my library for a
> job should you move to California.
>
> Ms. Harris, I understand your frustration at the many injustices in this
> world, but you are in sore need of a course in logic and critical
> thinking and a spell-checker on your software.
>
> Thom Ball
> Peninsula Library System
> San Mateo, CA 94402
> ba...@pls.lib.ca.us
>
> Patty Hunt wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > >I believe academic freedom to be a farce and only one of the many
> > >hypocritical
> > >facets
> > >of the profession. It is much to easier to censor be using words such as
> > >controversal or
> > >obsence, it just a form of control of speech in another form as many other
> > >things
> > >in are cultural have taken on different forms but are the same thing. I
too
> > >saw the film "Night Fog" it was a part of a Flim documentary class in
> > >college. The
> > >turth is censorship is alive and practice in Libraries. I find this
> > >statement
> > >of
> > >idealism a joke, I don't know what society you live in but this country
> > >is not
> > >open to different people and ideals I f it were then a man could walk
> > >down a
> > >dark
> > >country road with out a group of men beating him up and then tie his
> > >body to
> > >the
> > >back of a pick up truck and then drag him until is body fell to pieces.
> > >That was
> > >done because he was a different person.
> >
> > >Dorchell Harris <dha...@jsucc.jsu.edu>
> >
> > My letter is written in response to the recently-posted
> > (and enclosed) message whose author believes "...academic
> > freedom to be a farce..." in the profession of librarianship.
> > I would like to say a few things:
> >
> > 1. You and I and every single person in the United States,
> > citizens and non-citizens alike, have the right to free speech.
> > The first amendment to our Constitution guarantees this right:
> > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
> > religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
> > abridging the freedom of speech or of the press..." That
> > is, you have the right to express your opinion as I do mine.
> >
> > 2. I wonder about what has made you angry at libraries.
> > You said that "...censorship is alive and practice [sic]
> > in Libraries." This statement was not accompanied by an
> > explanation or an example of a library censoring anything.
> >
> > 3. I have been monitoring LIB-REF for almost six months
> > now. It is obvious to me that the librarians who send
> > messages to this listserv are fighting against the idea
> > of censorship as have librarians before them. It is
> > also obvious to me that this fight may be a bit more
> > difficult for them now because of the introduction of
> > Internet access to their libraries. I couldn't say whether
> > these librarians who participate in this LIB-REF listserv
> > are representative of most American librarians but,
> > if I were a betting person, I would bet they were.
> >
> > 4. What happened in Texas to Mr. James Byrd Jr. was
> > horrific and an "act of evil," as President Clinton
> > labeled it. It is almost too horrible to think about.
> >
> > 5. You are wrong when you state that "...this country
> > is not open to different people and ideals..." In fact,
> > this country is completely made up of different people
> > with different ideals. Have you looked at any population
> > data? With the exception of American Indians, we are all
> > children of immigrants or immigrants ourselves. Some of
> > us are filled with hatred; most of us are not. Luckily,
> > because of the document I mentioned earlier, the United
> > States is ruled by laws and not by hatred (e.g. Germany in
> > the 30s and 40s). Those men who killed Mr. Byrd will be
> > punished because of these laws. That is the best this
> > country can do; it is the best any country could hope to
> > do. When I use the word 'best,' I mean it: any other
> > country could do only less.
> >
> > 6. Those three white men who killed Mr. Byrd are not
> > representative of white people in America. They are
> > representative of evil, plain and simple. Luckily, our
> > government isn't evil. Our Constitution, upon which our
> > government sits heavily, isn't evil. Those men will be
> > tried in a court--again, a process which is ruled by law
> > and not by hatred. If found guilty, those men will feel
> > the effects of these laws and of justice. Because Texas
> > carries the death penalty, they may feel them
> > quite closely.
> >
> > 7. I believe that librarians are amongst the group of
> > Americans who think about our Constitution rather regularly.
> > This group probably includes judges, lawyers, immigrants,
> > Congressmen/women, soldiers, Presidents, and criminals.
> > I think that librarians do understand how dangerous
> > censorship is, how our Constitution proscribes it, and
> > how dangerous it is to their collections. Judging by
> > your words, you'll most likely consider my "...statement
> > of idealism a joke" also. That is fine. Provided
> > I pass my comprehensive exams, I will be just one
> > more idealistic librarian fighting hard against censorship.
> >
> > Patricia Hunt 98h...@cua.edu
> > Student of Library and Information Science
> > Catholic University of America
> > Washington, D.C.