Slog - Comments on It's For Your Own Good

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:15:23 -0800

They probably get stolen about once a month.

Comment by Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:34 -0800

Who would shelve a sex book on the advice of a guy named Randy Jackson? Come on.

Comment by Miss Stereo

Miss Stereo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:52 -0800

Good. The kids can get educated by each other, one poke at a time.

Comment by PopTart

PopTart — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:31:21 -0800

And the book burnings begin when?

I could wax eloquent here about knowledge and power and control and Farenheit 451 and what role e-books could play. But, I'm just not feeling it right now.

Is it better to know, to know you could have known, or to have never known at all?

Comment by Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:38:57 -0800

@2 'Sup, dawg! That was off the hook. Gloria hit it out of the park! Yeahhhh!

Comment by Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:41:13 -0800

HA HA HA, Idaho has become quite the mecca for self-hating queerness.

Start the countdown clock for the revelation that Randy Johnson has been diddling little boys for decades in Nampa...

Comment by Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:53:13 -0800

The three new board members are probably Christo-fascist infiltrators.

Comment by Westside forever

Westside forever — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:54:47 -0800

Do these people live under rocks? Seriously, what century are they phoning this in from?

They plan to keep these very garden variety sex manuals away from kids by taking them off LIBRARY shelves?

Comment by calvin

calvin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:56:32 -0800

It's just as well, I don't think we want these people learning how to have sex anyway. Best they abstain.

Comment by brett

brett — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:58:37 -0800

haha "Youth 4 Revolution"...wasn't that Prince's backup band in the late 80s?

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:03:52 -0800

I can't believe there was a book titled The Joys of Gay Sex in the entire state of Idaho!

Comment by Greg

Greg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:09:15 -0800

@11: Yeah, isn't that Larry Craig's state? I thought everybody in Idaho knew the (secret) joys of gay sex.

But seriously, you can still buy both of these books up the street at your local Idaho Barnes & Noble Giant Conglomerate Bookstore.

Comment by freshnycman

freshnycman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:31:51 -0800

Ease off everybody - at least this is a great day for the Nampa Library Director, who'll have a lot more fun now going to work...

Comment by King Rat

King Rat — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:18:45 -0800

IIRC, Bruce Skaug used to write rabid right-wing columns for the University of Idaho Argonaut. He was the designated "controversy" guy.

Comment by sure

sure — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:25:42 -0800

What's all the fuss? It's not like a teenager could actually locate a book in a library anyway.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:32:05 -0800

those titles weren't in the library when i grew up. nampa probably wishes they'd never bought them.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:39:48 -0800

I wish my office had a shelf for all the naughty library books.

Comment by Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:07:30 -0800

This is what I thought of when I read this story:
http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/nampa1.htm