Comments on: Founder of Banned Books Week Dies http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/krug-obit/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: crapple http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/krug-obit/#comment-53364 crapple Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:29:56 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=14115#comment-53364 i still dont understand why obviously mentally retarded people 9 such as Mr. Whitton ) burn books. It doesn't do any good. Also, if they think burning it would stop people from reading it, they must be even stupider. Banning/burning something guarantees people will read it just because you banned/burned it. TRY BANNING HOMEWORK AND STUDYING PEOPLE, AND YOU MIGHT START SEEING THOSE A's ON YOUR KIDS REPORT CARD!!! i still dont understand why obviously mentally retarded people 9 such as Mr. Whitton ) burn books. It doesn’t do any good. Also, if they think burning it would stop people from reading it, they must be even stupider. Banning/burning something guarantees people will read it just because you banned/burned it.

TRY BANNING HOMEWORK AND STUDYING PEOPLE, AND YOU MIGHT START SEEING THOSE A’s ON YOUR KIDS REPORT CARD!!!

]]> By: Shelley http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/krug-obit/#comment-53362 Shelley Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:29:23 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=14115#comment-53362 Thank you, Loren, and list members, for acknowledging the loss of one of the most important living librarians. Judy Krug had been a founding figure in the Freedom to Read movement in librarianship, and a pillar of the American Library Association. Cryptozoology books tend to get "passively" banned, in that libraries don't tend to buy them because they make controversial statements that contradict the accepted scientific establishment--and also because they get stolen too quickly. In Loren's alma mater, the only place his books could stay on the shelves was the non-circulating Alumni collection in Special Collections. By getting burned last year, Loren's books suffered an unusual level of censorship for the United States, but since it was a private citizen who instigated the bonfire, at least it is not the kind of institutionalized banning that goes on against Little Black Sambo and Huckleberry Finn. Keep demanding that your local library buy and keep books on cryptozoology on the shelves! Thank you, Loren, and list members, for acknowledging the loss of one of the most important living librarians. Judy Krug had been a founding figure in the Freedom to Read movement in librarianship, and a pillar of the American Library Association.

Cryptozoology books tend to get “passively” banned, in that libraries don’t tend to buy them because they make controversial statements that contradict the accepted scientific establishment–and also because they get stolen too quickly. In Loren’s alma mater, the only place his books could stay on the shelves was the non-circulating Alumni collection in Special Collections.

By getting burned last year, Loren’s books suffered an unusual level of censorship for the United States, but since it was a private citizen who instigated the bonfire, at least it is not the kind of institutionalized banning that goes on against Little Black Sambo and Huckleberry Finn.

Keep demanding that your local library buy and keep books on cryptozoology on the shelves!

]]> By: cryptidsrus http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/krug-obit/#comment-53345 cryptidsrus Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:08:25 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=14115#comment-53345 RIP, Ms. Krug. RIP, Ms. Krug.

]]> By: Viergacht http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/krug-obit/#comment-53339 Viergacht Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:01:22 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=14115#comment-53339 That is sad to hear. I've been celebrating Banned Book week for several years now, and I've been encouraging the couple hundred people that read my blog to do the same. Last year was "Little Black Sambo", I might have to do "Bigfoot" this year, even though I already have read it. I didn't realize cryptozoology books were being banned, too. That is sad to hear. I’ve been celebrating Banned Book week for several years now, and I’ve been encouraging the couple hundred people that read my blog to do the same. Last year was “Little Black Sambo”, I might have to do “Bigfoot” this year, even though I already have read it. I didn’t realize cryptozoology books were being banned, too.

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