Judith Krug Quotes

• Blocking material leads to censorship. That goes for pornography and bestiality, too. If you don't like it, don't look at it... Every time I hear someone say, I want to protect the children, I want to pull my hair out.

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  Children   Block   Hair  

  "Preventing Kids From Seeing Illegal Smut Is Not Unconstitutional; It's Common Sense" by Janet M. LaRue, Senior Director of Legal Studies at the Family Research Council, "National Policy Center: Idea House", 2001.

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• It is all here. You make the choice.

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  Choices  

  "A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend" by Pamela Mendels, archive.nytimes.com. January 18, 1997.

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• You should have access to ideas and information regardless of your age. If anyone is going to limit or guide a young person, it should be the parent or guardian and only the parent or guardian.

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  Should Have   Ideas   Parent  

  "A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend" by Pamela Mendels, The New York Times, archive.nytimes.com. January 18, 1997).

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• I have a real problem when people say, "Well I walked by and you should have seen what was on the computer screen." Well, don't look, sweetie. It's none of your business. Avert your eyes.

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  Real   Eye   Should Have  

  "A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend," by Pamela Mendels, The New York Times, archive.nytimes.com. January 18, 199.

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• We know that there are children out there whose parents do not take the kind of interest in their upbringing and in their existence that we would wish, but I don't think censorship is ever the solution to any problem, be it societal or be it the kind of information or ideas that you have access to.

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  Children   Thinking   Ideas  

  "Easy Access?" by Spencer Michels, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, August 7, 1997.

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• Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not even just the majority. Libraries serve everyone.

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  Powerful   People   Community  

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• I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.

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  Country   Children   People  

  "Oak Lawn Library Vows to Keep Playboy on Shelf" by Jo Napolitano, June 23, 2005.

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• Toni Morrison is challenged regularly because she is a black author who writes about the real world. She speaks with so much knowledge about black issues she can't be accused of creating these (issues). People find these issues threatening.

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  Real   Writing   Creating  

  "Group Targets Black Authors' Books; Toni Morrison's Novel Deemed 'Smut' by Parent; Acclaimed Memoir 'Black Boy' Also is Under Fire" by Valerie Olander, The Detroit News, January 24, 2007.

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• A librarian is not a legal process. There is not librarian in the country unless she or he is a lawyer who is in the position to determine what he or she is looking at is indeed child pornography.

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  Country   Children   Lawyer  

  "Libraries vs. Police in a Suit Sparked by Porn; Kent Case Centers on People's Rights and Protections" by Jeffrey M. Barker, August 13, 2002.

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• Material that might be illegal is such a minuscule part of what is available that we have to remember and I mean not only librarians but everybody has to remember not to let it overshadow the incredible wealth of information that is available in this medium.

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  Mean   Might   Information  

  "Easy Access?" by Spencer Michels, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", August 7, 1997.

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