http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/10/29/news-briefs-for-october-29-2009/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/10/29/news-briefs-for-october-29-2009/#comment-87747 Jeff Stanson Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:57:00 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=5805#comment-87747 ...and it is the responsibility of any institution, whether a government entity or a retail establishment to follow the law. The same law that prohibits convenience stores from selling "mature" materials to children should also apply to libraries. Too many "book people" see a "book" as above the law or even holy just because the medium is a book. The government won't allow an 11-year-old-into an R-rated movie without their parent, it won't allow a video store to rent an R-rated movie to an 11-year-old, but it wants an 11-year-old to check out a book deemed to have mature content? It's a case of the government talking out of both sides of its mouth. …and it is the responsibility of any institution, whether a government entity or a retail establishment to follow the law. The same law that prohibits convenience stores from selling “mature” materials to children should also apply to libraries. Too many “book people” see a “book” as above the law or even holy just because the medium is a book. The government won’t allow an 11-year-old-into an R-rated movie without their parent, it won’t allow a video store to rent an R-rated movie to an 11-year-old, but it wants an 11-year-old to check out a book deemed to have mature content? It’s a case of the government talking out of both sides of its mouth.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/10/29/news-briefs-for-october-29-2009/#comment-87709 John Cole Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=5805#comment-87709 Sounds like the Kentucky I grew up in. Sounds like the Kentucky I grew up in.

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