tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post3093881250452615930..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Trigger WarningJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-36768101780112855942016-01-24T17:00:52.296-08:002016-01-24T17:00:52.296-08:00Oh yes, Ithink Hume talks a little bit about that ...Oh yes, Ithink Hume talks a little bit about that case. Not all that much, though. I wonder if there's a good book on it; maybe only published in the UK. I agree with you that the libel laws over there are insane! And yet their tabloids are traditionally more savage than ours.<br />Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-69972904839365232202016-01-24T14:12:09.078-08:002016-01-24T14:12:09.078-08:00Yeah, I always think the people who want everyone ...Yeah, I always think the people who want everyone to ignore twitter trolls should take a minute to be a lady writing about feminism on the internet, and see if that changes their opinions. From what I've read, it's nonstop abuse, from oodles of different accounts, some really scary stuff. Blech.<br /><br />I love reading about free speech and case studies -- the case of Holocaust denial is particularly interesting to me -- but I'd probably stick with something a bit more academic, less polemic? If I could. I really REALLY want to read a book about that huge UK trial where a Holocaust denier sued an author and her publisher (Penguin, I think) for libel for calling him a Holocaust denier in her book. It got to the question of free speech both in the arena of Holocaust denial and the libel laws in Britain (which are insanely -- in my opinion -- favorable to the libelee). So I think it'd be pretty interesting to read about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-57805691213286496652016-01-23T11:31:02.141-08:002016-01-23T11:31:02.141-08:00But they do buy those kind of books .... and then ...But they <i>do</i> buy those kind of books .... and then they don't have classics. But I'll pm you so as not to clog your comments. :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-51815817365024725862016-01-23T08:30:29.238-08:002016-01-23T08:30:29.238-08:00Donations are tricky for a library, because people...Donations are tricky for a library, because people don't just want to give interesting books; they also want to donate books that massively promote some agenda or other. Libraries want to provide multiple viewpoints, but they want to exercise control over the selection process too. If they accept your donation of Kindly Inquisitors, then the Answers in Genesis people will come along with 20 books to donate (instead of the 2 that would be appropriate for a medium-sized public library). The library will then be accused of censorship because it doesn't want 20 books on that topic, and it will become a media event. Then the Hare Krishnas will donate 25 books of commentary, and pretty soon either the library is overflowing with agenda books, or it's constantly in trouble. That rule sounds like their method of exercising control over the selection process.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-76516075854350706812016-01-22T19:41:17.178-08:002016-01-22T19:41:17.178-08:00I wish you were the librarian at our library. I w...I wish you were the librarian at our library. I will suggest it for purchase and see what happens. I couldn't even buy it and donate it because if they don't ALREADY have it catalogued, they won't accept it. How that helps with getting new interesting books into the library system, I can't figure out. In fact, I've taken to calling them an entertainment centre instead of a library, but that's another story. :-PCleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-90746118744978074612016-01-22T16:36:16.007-08:002016-01-22T16:36:16.007-08:00No. I do not see how those two things go together...No. I do not see how those two things go together, and he does not explain.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-69866897275137187222016-01-22T15:27:00.007-08:002016-01-22T15:27:00.007-08:00Well, I'm still curious about what a "Lib...Well, I'm still curious about what a "Libertarian Marxist" is. Did you figure it out?jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-58342079041930904522016-01-22T09:38:25.794-08:002016-01-22T09:38:25.794-08:00Ask your library to purchase Kindly Inquisitors; a...Ask your library to purchase Kindly Inquisitors; any public library ought to have it. (Says Jean, putting on her librarian hat) Hm...I think I found this through FIRE's blog, and purchased it for work; I buy most free speech titles. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-70052598504591216602016-01-22T08:52:36.536-08:002016-01-22T08:52:36.536-08:00Wow, where do you find these gems? Of course, my...Wow, where do you find these gems? Of course, my library doesn't have this book or Kindly Inquisitors. Grrrr! I will shelve it for future reading.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.com