Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Book Bans Just Part of Issue | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute: Commentary

Book Bans Just Part of Issue | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The real issue isn't protecting books from those who would banish them for eternity. It is that public institutions select books in the first place. The instant such a selection is made freedom is already compromised."

"it is, indeed, a fundamental threat to liberty when a government entity — either a school district or public library — decides what is or is not "acceptable" content.

The problem is, the school or library makes just such a discriminatory determination when it decides which books to buy, or to make required reading, in the first place."

"it compels taxpayers to support speech that, often, they find abhorrent"

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