Ban on Books?

I don't think the government should be in the business of banning books because of certain non-PC language that might 'offend' certain people... like the word niggar. If niggar is such a bad word, than why aren't the rap songs who contain 'niggar' in the lyrics banned? Can only black people can say niggar? If a non-black person says niggar, does that automatically mean they are racist? If you listen to the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, apparently so. Having said that, I don't believe that the government is doing the banning, the ALA is. Who is the ALA? The American Library Association, a group of advocates who supposedly are trying to protect information services. Check out their website and you'll see they are not the government. "Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information." is the ALA mission statement...or is it? It depends on how one views 'quality' & 'public access to information'. When I was growing up, back in the 1970's, I often went to the library. Many times I actually attended 'advanced' (MGM, AT, AP) classes in the library taught by the librarian. Never did I ever conceive that the librarians were the intellectual police of books and information. They were just folks who loved books and wanted to share their passion with us, the 'brightest' students in the school. Instead they've become nothing more than a left-leaning political advocacy group attempting to monitor what they feel is most politically correct for us...the uninformed 'rubes' (to steal a term from Water for Elephants) ... to consume. How arrogant to think that we aren't able to discern what we think is best for ourselves and families. This is the same group of idiots who fight for pornography to be available in public libraries citing the first amendment! Talk about a misguided, moronic bunch of snobs. They feel we can't handle having certain words or books in schools and libraries, but it's OK for some weirdo to be looking various types of pornography in a public setting. Give me a break! I challenge any of you to read the ALA president's message and make any sort of sense to it. Talk about non-sensical psycho-babble. Regarding the advocacy, “I commit ALA to continue to try to bring common sense to these debates and seek appropriate changes in the future.” is what's stated. How about just making sure the library is open on-time and that it is free of loud conversation & perverts looking at porn? Gotta bounce and hang with my niggaz....Peace.