Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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Libraries....ughhh. Lets just say that I have a long history of disappointing experiences at many a Public Library. Yes, it is a fact that I once lost a Stuart Little DVD and ended up owing over $100 in fines. I found the DVD over a year later while unpacking after our move to Minnesota in a bathroom box....what? Yes, it is also true that we (as in my boys and I) have been kicked out of multiple libraries for excessive noise. If we weren't lucky enough to officially given the boot, I was sure given enough looks of death to make me want to leave. Needless to say, we don't frequent the library often. As a lot of you know, both my boys have grown up and improved on all the things that make them who they are in the last year. So contemplating on how far they have come, I decided on a whim to take a trip to the Maple Grove Library. I'm happy to say that for the first time my boys didn't have any major issues. No, this time the Library is the one that had a problem. As we were perusing the adult non-fiction for some good Star Wars reads we walked by a nasty man on a public computer. He was on youtube about to watch "hot sexy teen girls getting frisky." I herded my boys away as fast I could and didn't end up seeing the actual video. I went up to the help desk to ask what their policy was on that kind of nasty crap. So if you live in Maple Grove listen up: there is nothing they can do about "pornographic text" and because I didn't actually see the video about to be played, there was nothing the Library could do. So basically I would have had to wait around for the video of girls getting busy and risk my boys seeing something offensive to get this guy kicked out. I guess if I read more books my vocabulary would more extensive, but all I can come up with is this is Lame Lame Lame! I guess it's back to scholastic book orders for us!

5 comments:

Renae said...

Oh yeah, I knew about that lovely little policy....which I think is CRAP! Free speech blah, blah, blah!

So don't let your kids go "study" by themselves at the library. They can get on any website and see whatever they want and the library will do absolutely NOTHING!

Papa Parrish said...

I thought it was up to the community what it would allow in the way of adult content. I think this man should be given a pair of shorts loaded with BenGay when hw gets hot. And, Jamie, keep him away from my grandkids!!!!!Nana

onecent said...

SERIOUS!!?!?!?!?!?
LAME!
(I can use big words too ;) )

glad you didn't get to see anything but the title! ;)

Hot Diggity Daws said...

Wow, that certainly decreases one's thirst for knowledge!

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize there is a problem with that policy!

Porno Public Library, awesome. I can't wait to come visit!

We miss you guys already...

Douglas Family said...

THAT IS RIDICULOUS! Most libraries have some sort of policy to prevent that kind of thing, or at least filters. I would be upset as well. I think you really should complain on a bigger level, because no one should feel uncomfortable having children in a library.