I don't understand that comment at all. How is politics incompatible with
adulthood?
Jim
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Kevin Shelton <Kevin.Shelton@hofstra.edu>wrote:
> While it may be impossible to declare any unmoderated listserv a
> "politics-free zone", it is an admirable desideratum to try to keep this
> one so, in my opinion. Perhaps that is one measure of adulthood?
>
>
> Kevin Shelton
>
> Reference Librarian
> Barbara and Maurice A. Deane Law Library
> Hofstra University School of Law
> 122 Hofstra University
> Hempstead, New York 11549-1220
> Telephone: (516) 463-6150
> Fax: (516) 463-5129
> E-mail: lawkbs@hofstra.edu
>
>
> >>> "Jim Milles" <jgmilles@buffalo.edu> 9/4/2008 5:09 PM >>>
> *sigh*
>
> This "issue" comes up every election year...
>
> We're all professionals here, and we're all adults. We may disagree,
> but
> over the years we've generally disagreed in a civil fashion. Politics
> is
> important, and this election in particular presents a very clear
> choice--if
> you don't think so, no matter which side you come down on, you haven't
> been
> paying attention. Trying to declare this listserv a politics-free zone
> is
> both pointless and misguided.
>
> Jim Milles
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Stephanie Huthmacher
> <shuthmacher@lglaw.com>wrote:
>
> > Spoken like a true member of the legal profession…
> >
> >
> >
> > I, too, am a legal librarian. I find the banning of books repulsive
> and
> > any intrusion into ones personal library records abhorrent.
> >
> > Perhaps if parents were to talk to their children, or pop their heads
> into
> > their rooms once in a while, they could get an idea on what the kids
> are
> > doing, rather than relying on the librarian to monitor behavior.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you don't like a book, don't read it – if you don't like a
> movie, don't
> > watch it. No one holds a gun to anyone's heading forcing them to do
> > anything they find offensive. Time to take responsibility for your
> own
> > actions without impinging on the rights of others…
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Stephanie N. Huthmacher, MLS
> >
> > 42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120
> >
> > Buffalo, New York 14202-3924
> >
> > Phone: 716.849.1333 ext. 330
> >
> > Fax: 716.855.1580
> >
> > E-mail: shuthmacher@lglaw.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]
> *On
> > Behalf Of *Frye, Nanna
> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:42 PM
> > *To:* Library; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> > *Subject:* [LAW-LIB:56539] RE: Sarah Palin and Libraries
> >
> >
> >
> > Ah, but you did inject partisan politics into it, Paula, by the
> manner
> > in which you related these facts. Is anyone in doubt as to your
> position on
> > Sarah Palin after reading your posting? You certainly did not supply
> both
> > sides of the story. Reasonable minds could differ on the legislation
> you
> > mentioned below on whether parents could learn about the books their
> > children are borrowing from a library. If your teenage child has
> been moody
> > and you discover a library book on suicide in the teenager's room,
> shouldn't
> > you be able to find out if the child had borrowed other books on
> suicide?
> > Many would say "yes." Was the censoring a blanket act that applied
> to
> > adults and children or just to children? Are we talking about
> literary
> > books or titillating junk novellas that Palin wanted to censor?
> Again, we
> > don't have both sides of the story. After many, many years of
> working for a
> > court, it is very rare when there are not two sides to a story.
> >
> >
> >
> > I will reserve judgment until I have ALL of the facts. I would
> prefer
> > that we avoid political postings on law-lib about the presidential
> election
> > even if they do allegedly deal with "library topics."
> >
> > Nanna Frye, Law Librarian
> > Court of Appeal
> > San Diego, CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]
> *On
> > Behalf Of *Library
> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:54 AM
> > *To:* law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> > *Subject:* [LAW-LIB:56536] Sarah Palin and Libraries
> >
> > I know this isn't the place for partisan politics and I'm not going
> to
> > discuss what I think of Sarah Palin's positions on abortion or
> foreign
> > policy or whether polar bears belong on the Endangered Species Act.
> But she
> > did try to censor books in the Wasilla Public Library and she did try
> to
> > fire the librarian for not agreeing to do so. And she did support a
> bill in
> > the legislature that would have forced librarians to tell parents
> what books
> > their children had checked out of the library.
> >
> > I thought, as librarians, you might want to know her position on
> libraries
> > and censorship.
> > There is a well documented anti-Palin librarian's web site that
> discusses
> > this. issues:http://librariansagainstpalin.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
> > Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> Library
> Professor of Law
> University at Buffalo Law School
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>
-- Jim Milles Vice Dean for Legal Information Services and Director of the Law Library Professor of Law University at Buffalo Law School 208 O'Brian Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 (716) 645-2089, jgmilles@buffalo.edu http://ClaimID.com/jmilles http://www.retaggr.com/Card/jmilles
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