censorship and tolerance
New York publisher faces fierce opposition to al-Qa'eda tome
it's a british story about the American Doubleday. I would have just read it and deleted it from my inbox, but some days would be censors piss me off more than others:
The decision to publish the book has provoked mixed reactions from those who lost family members in the 2001 attacks carried out by bin Laden's followers. "This can only give publicity to their terrible views and glorify what they did," said Tracy Larkey, a British mother-of-three whose husband, Robin, died in the attack on the Twin Towers. "At least they have decided to give the money to charity. It would have been unacceptable if they hadn't."
Jack Lynch, who lost his son Michael, a firefighter, said: "People who promote terrorism are an evil and a cancer in our society. Anything that promotes their agenda shouldn't be distributed in this country."
Also good to note:
The publisher is confident that the terrorist leaders will be unable to claim remuneration for use of their material, since their writings are in the public domain and have been published in Arab countries which have not signed international copyright treaties. "You're not going to see Osama bin Laden coming out of his cave for a cheque," said Ms Herz.
I have a feeling that after a few years as a demure librarian in a sleepy little library, quietly toeing the party line, one day, i'll just snap and join some crazys, like the Progressive Librarians
in related news:
'No Name-Calling Week' Begins in Schools
No Name-calling Week" takes aim at insults of all kinds — whether based on a child's appearance, background or behavior. But a handful of conservative critics have zeroed in on the references to harassment based on sexual orientation.
"I hope schools will realize it's less an exercise in tolerance than a platform for liberal groups to promote their pan-sexual agenda," said Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America's Culture and Family Institute.
Did you know the guy who wrote Bunnicula was openly gay? James Howe, is also the author of The Misfits (about neither a band or Jem) the book they decided to integrate into no name calling week.
1 Comments:
At January 24, 2005 7:37 PM,
Kenny said…
"People who would criticize this, regardless of who came out with it, are people with bad hearts," said Jerald Newberry, who directs the NEA's health information network.
That seems a bit harsh. There's no need to attack people based on their cardiovascular health. Seriously, though, still kind of harsh.
It seems weird to have a gay middle schooler character. Times have probably changed by now, but when I was in school, I feel like in middle school people didn't know that they were gay yet. Everyone else could tell who was going to be gay, though, and helped them realize it through the helpful process of--you guessed it--name-calling.
It provided a valuable service. I think Name-Calling might deserve an apology.
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