By: Beth Hutchens
Dammit, Bronan, you suckered me into reading at least part of it. That was mean. Just plain mean. I guess we should be grateful for such a shining example as to why it is important to speak the loudest...
View ArticleBy: CPlatt
Actually I don’t see much wrong with the excerpts. Much better written than a typical women’s romance novel. And much more readable than the stupid Kama Sutra. The real problem to me is that we still...
View ArticleBy: dan
prose that would melt a kindle. I have this image in my head of some dali landscape where everyone has the e-reader pooling in their hands
View ArticleBy: John
I don’t mind funding libraries at all. The books they procure that might offend me are balanced by the books they buy that offend others. And just to make sure there’s a good dose of offensive...
View ArticleBy: CPlatt
Interesting. But what about other uses of your tax money? Happy about the military budget for instance? I just have a hard time with the concept of mandatory voluntary “donations” to government...
View ArticleBy: Beth Hutchens
Cplatt I agree with you somewhat. But I disagree that taxpayers’ money is misspent on public libraries. The true evil is borne out of the puritanical leanings of those holding the purse. In a perfect...
View ArticleBy: CPlatt
A powerful argument! But surely there are some books you would not *really* want your taxes to subsidize. How about books arguing in favor of creationism? Or that book which caused a lot of trouble a...
View ArticleBy: Beth Hutchens
Actually, no. Part of being an advocate for free speech and free press means I support the publication (and my tax dollars) and subsidy thereof. Are some books ugly, stupid, and a waste of print? Sure,...
View ArticleBy: John
If you’re saying that tax dollars are wasted, well that an irrefutable statement. But where you might cut, I might increase… and vice versa, of course. That’s the problem with any kind of censorship:...
View ArticleBy: CPlatt
No, it has nothing to do with banning books. NO ONE here wants to ban anything. To me, it’s just a matter of theft. Stealing money from me to support things that I don’t like. Using my creative work to...
View ArticleBy: commityofarrears
The quality of the Kama Sutra’s WRITING makes it a “classic”? Hmmm, I always thought it was the pictures that did that. I didn’t even know it contained writing. Lol.
View ArticleBy: Ancel De Lambert
I’m confused on some things: Did they actually “pull it” from the shelves, or did they decline to purchase a copy or display donations? I’m okay with them not buying a paperback. More importantly, who...
View ArticleBy: markkernes
Yeah; go for it! I mean, why not? But you can probably get it cheap from one of the online used book sellers. That’s where I picked up my copy of The Housewife’s Handbook on Selective Promiscuity by...
View ArticleBy: tgt
I’m pretty sure the NYT Bestsellers is based on sales figures, not critical acclaim or advertising.
View ArticleBy: CPlatt
It used to be based on numbers from a subsample of bookstores. I don’t know if it still is.
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