[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: list of books Sarah Palin wanted removed from the library - sigh

[Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)]

| Anne Squires:
| 
| Okay imagine this.  A city council meeting with the mayor presiding.
| 
| Bob Taxpayer goes up to the mic.
| 
| Bob:  Some fellow citizens and I don't like some of the books on the
| library shelves.  We have made a list.
| 
| Mayor:  May I see your list?
| 
| Bob submits list for the mayor's consideration.
| 
| Mayor: May I ask why you object to these particular books?
| 
| Bob:  These books contain ideas.
| 
| Mayor:  Ms.  Librarian what is your position?
| 
| Ms. Librarian:  No.  I will not remove books from the library shelves.
| 
| Mayor: (looks at list) What about________________, or ______________?
| 
| Ms. Librarian:  No.
| 
| Mayor: Oh, okay then.  (Turns to Bob Taxpayer)  I have looked into the
| matter for you.
| 
| 
| 
| I think that this is very likely how the whole thing pretty much went
| down.  I could be wrong, of course.  At any rate, I see no problem
| with the mayor's actions.  And, as for Mr. Bob Taxpayerr, he is within
| his rights as well.  The mayor was just doing her job, imho.  She
| couldn't very well say:  Mr. Taxpayer I refuse to take any action on
| your behalf.

[Lee]:
Well, I don't know about that.  She could have said to Bob Taxpayer that his
complaint has been noted, but Librarian reports that Lee Taxpayer and at
least 75% of the Taxpayer family regularly check out these books.  The mayor
could then proclaim that to make one Bob Taxpayer happy at the expense of
the rest of the Taxpayer family would not be in the best interest of the
city.  Furthermore, if Bob Taxpayer has such a loathing for Yada-Yada books,
he should remember that the books he likes may be just as revolting to the
rest of the Taxpayer family.  Since they're not complaining and demanding
his fave books be ousted, it would be far more neighborly of him to act in
kind.

JMHO

Lee :-)

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