That’s very Nico of you. It is also nonsense. Libraries should not stock books with dangerous ideas that could lead children down self-destructive paths.
Hey you havkass. I don’t go around insulting you like that.
In a perfect world you would be right and people would naturally reject any books that promote pernicious behavior.
Well, I bet you that Nico agrees that there should be no restrictions on what books are on library shelves. I think that is nonsense. A book teaching kids how to inject heroin has no place on library shelves. A book teaching kids that gender is a choice also has no place on library shelves.
Kids have ALWAYS had curiosity about the morbid and dangerous. It is up to parents to protect them from going down self-destructive paths.
That very well may be true but probably for different reasons.
What about the Bible?
lol were you born in a bubble? We live in a generation where parents are going down a destructive path. Lots of parents and even grandparents.
Of course the Bible belongs in libraries. It is perhaps the single most important book in human history. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is not one of the most important books in human history and has no place on the shelves of children’s libraries.
While this is unarguably true, that doesn’t mean we should support this destructive path.
personally i think there is no need for those old outdated weird libraries with books created from tree corpses at all
why would any sane human store corpses and pick them up to look at?! 
if you mean a modern public library for all ages with computers and access to internet etc then yes of course there should be no censorship but guidance/supervision is preferable
its pure logic: you cannot teach kids about (what you think is) right and wrong when you hide (what you think is) the wrong and pretend it doesnt exist
r’amen, it is indeed up to the parents
kids will hear about those “dangerous” books and then read and experiment on their own, so the logical solution is to make them available with supervision / guidance by parents / skilled teachers
What a load of crap. I told you it was for different reasons. Quite stupid reasons, also.
So who do you think should get to decide what stays and what doesn’t stay in a public library?
Right but we aren’t talking about society. We are talking about parents who are going down the wrong path and incapable of leading children away from a self-destructive path. Are you saying a corrupt society should intervene?
Me. I will decide and save the rest of you the trouble.
I actually agree with this about paper books, but libraries have evolved. They are great places. Isa and I ride our bikes to the big library here and just go and hang out for a bit before riding home. It has comfy sofas, computers, a coffee shop, presentations, etc.
This is, of course, nonsense. You can teach kids about heroin addicts without glorifying heroin.
No, the logical solution is to not let them see this garbage until they are old enough to process it.
We are talking about whether kids should see disgusting and sexually explicit books, or books glorifying self destructive drug use. And yes, ANY society should intervene. It is just absurd to suggest that because you don’t like other aspects of our society and consider it to be corrupt, they should just let kids look at deviant pornography.
lol thanks anyways but its no trouble at all, you silly pretentious old man
indeed you can, when those books and guidance are readily available
things get very appealing and exciting to kids when you try to hide something from them
lol that could work… if you also lock your kids up and not let them talk to their friends and deny them any access to the internet until you allow it… good luck with that…
what is deviant pornography to one… is healthy normal sex education to another
…is Dutch culture to others.
That’s a heavy burden, Reg, but your commitment to important causes is inspiring.
I agree. You can’t teach kids what you know is wrong and pretend it exists.
Makes sense but kids are exposed to garbage through the internet long before they make their first trip to the local library.
If society wasn’t corrupt, there wouldn’t be deviant pornography.
Do you think people should be allowed to read books?
I definitely think people should be allowed to read books, but whether explicit sexual material should be in school libraries is a very different question to me. Nobody is talking about banning books outright as far as I know. The only question is whether some of the limited space on school library bookshelves should be set aside for such material.
I heard mein kamph sucks.
It totally does. I only read the English translation, though.
Long article alert.