tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post1687408260722159817..comments2023-12-10T17:20:11.228-06:00Comments on WISSUP = WISCONSIN SPEAKS UP: West Bend Library Issue "Town Meeting"West Bend Citizen Advocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-21540094512692557252009-04-02T10:55:00.000-05:002009-04-02T10:55:00.000-05:00I think when you stand up for such drivel parents ...I think when you stand up for such drivel parents take it to heart. It's the mother bear and cub situation. Over and over again on the radio show you proclaimed that you had control over your own family and it came across as if you didn't care what happened to the child whose parents were not involved. <BR/><BR/>At some time you have to stand up for protecting not just your own children, but others too. <BR/><BR/>You are putting the right to read sexual explict books (I've read a few of them cover to cover) over the right of the innocent to remain innocent.<BR/><BR/>Moving the books insures that the children can still read them as long as there is parental consent. Just like music CD's and movies.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>These are the kids that need our protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-87254236832466067302009-03-29T23:34:00.000-05:002009-03-29T23:34:00.000-05:00Call Me Mom:All you need to do is listen to my int...Call Me Mom:<BR/><BR/>All you need to do is listen to my interview on WBKV and decide for yourself whether or not I was attacked. Pay attention to the majority of the callers, and to the few spots when the radio host went on the attack. Listen for yourself.<BR/><BR/>By the way, the day after my interview it was posted on the station's website. Ginny made a blog post directing people to it and gave it a very inflammatory title. She changed it after I asked her to. So YES, I was attacked and I think using the "wolves" figure of speech was appropriate.Maria Hanrahannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-72440751534483056242009-03-29T14:13:00.000-05:002009-03-29T14:13:00.000-05:00Good job. I thought about attending, but refrained...Good job. I thought about attending, but refrained as it is your community. <BR/>Good luck with the rest of the job.<BR/>Mariah, I wish you had attended. It sounds like you would have been able to contribute to the discussion. I don't agree with you, but you certainly should feel free to present your views on this or any other issue in your community.<BR/>I am concerned that you say you didn't attend because you were afraid that the "wolves" might attack you. May I suggest to you that such a characterization of your fellow citizens is detrimental to the process(and can be somewhat disinguenuous as it suggests that you are nought but a poor victim, destined to never have your reasonable points properly heard by the biased and vicious community in which you live) and that the best way to prevent such behavior is by not allowing it to affect your actions.Call Me Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420259973871484926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-72519296225515331602009-03-28T21:28:00.000-05:002009-03-28T21:28:00.000-05:00A petition signed by 120 people hardly provides an...A petition signed by 120 people hardly provides an accurate representation of a community of 30,000+ people. Perhaps the community members that agree with Ginny were simply more motivated to attend.<BR/><BR/>I struggled with my decision not to attend and not to speak out publicly against the complaint. But I didn't feel like throwing myself to the wolves after speaking out already by way of a radio interview in which I was attacked. I personally know of several others that wanted to attend, but came to the realization that they would likely be in the minority and possibly their viewpoints (or they themselves) would be attacked. I am glad to hear that it didn't turn out that way, but having had the experience I had on the radio show, I personally was not going to take that chance.<BR/><BR/>It is also quite probable that many community members decided not to attend because it was not an official meeting or a meeting of the library board. Perhaps they did not see the point in attending because no action or decision would result from the meeting.Maria Hanrahannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-5278034066929303832009-03-28T00:20:00.000-05:002009-03-28T00:20:00.000-05:00I have been looking at library issues for almost a...I have been looking at library issues for almost a decade. NEVER have I seen anything like this before. This is truly an outstanding report.<BR/><BR/>We see a community member act to protect children. The library then unilaterally decides to drop its promised policy review already underway and cancel a public meeting. The community member goes on to hold a public meeting anyway, gets 137 people to show up, then gets 120 or so signatures from that group. Notably, this included people who initially opposed the community member based on false information, but who then changed their minds after hearing the truth without the library and/or media spin.<BR/><BR/>THIS WILL SET A BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND ITS ACOLYTES THAT RELY ON MISLEADING COMMUNITIES TO ENFORCE ALA POLICIES. WHEN CITIZENS HEAR THE TRUTH, THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND JOIN TOGETHER TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM ALA POLICIES!!!!<BR/><BR/>What an outstanding report! Concerned community members nationwide can learn from this.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.com