As it should! (Saith the conservative librarian...)
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Trebor @ 11:19PM | 2004-03-21| permalink
Controversy is lovely. Ideas, discussion, debate, public notice, forums... Isn't life in America grand?
Incidentally, the only middle eastern country where all citizens have the right to speak out openly and publicly against their government is...
(drum roll, please)
Israel.
Funny how the citizens of Muslim controled countries lack this fundamental right afforded by Israel to those within its borders - even the Palestininians. ~ Trebor
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Felix @ 7:08PM | 2004-03-24| permalink
The reviews in PW and LJ seemed to be a bit dubious of the artwork in the book, and I have to wonder whether the creators were deliberately trying to cash in on controversy. I'm not going to condone book-banning, but I might question whether the book needed to be a top acquisition priority. The idea of a medieval ruler blithely accepting a homosexual marriage for the kingdom's sole heir seems even more farfetched than most fairy tales. (So to speak.) Such a couple would have been considerably more likely than Heather's Two Mommies or Daddy's Roommate to meet this fate.
But of course I'm applying realistic standards to fairy tales, which, as even C.S. Lewis will tell you, is a dubious idea.
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Carlos @ 1:26PM | 2004-03-21| permalink
As it should! (Saith the conservative librarian...)
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Trebor @ 11:19PM | 2004-03-21| permalink
Controversy is lovely. Ideas, discussion, debate, public notice, forums... Isn't life in America grand?
Incidentally, the only middle eastern country where all citizens have the right to speak out openly and publicly against their government is...
(drum roll, please)
Israel.
Funny how the citizens of Muslim controled countries lack this fundamental right afforded by Israel to those within its borders - even the Palestininians. ~ Trebor
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Felix @ 7:08PM | 2004-03-24| permalink
The reviews in PW and LJ seemed to be a bit dubious of the artwork in the book, and I have to wonder whether the creators were deliberately trying to cash in on controversy. I'm not going to condone book-banning, but I might question whether the book needed to be a top acquisition priority. The idea of a medieval ruler blithely accepting a homosexual marriage for the kingdom's sole heir seems even more farfetched than most fairy tales. (So to speak.) Such a couple would have been considerably more likely than Heather's Two Mommies or Daddy's Roommate to meet this fate.
But of course I'm applying realistic standards to fairy tales, which, as even C.S. Lewis will tell you, is a dubious idea.
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