An open letter to the world:

[conuly]

Listen, I know you feel the call of duty. I do.

But last I checked, I had not participated in the vote for general arbiter of all that is right, good, or useful in the world.

When we do hold such an election, be sure to wake me. I promise to vote in a careful and conscientious manner.

Until then - really, feel free to lay down your burdens. You do not need to take the job for your own. No, really. No, really. When the world decides it needs somebody to tell us which books are okay to read, and which ones are only okay if we're adults, and which pictures are safe to see and which ones are dangerous for children under the age of 35 - on that day, we're as sure to turn to you as you are sure to jump to the call. Until then, you can just go take a little nap of your own. How about under a mountain somewhere, safe until your country, nay, your very world needs you again?

I promise - we won't forget the thankless task you've made your own for so many years. But now, now it's time to rest from it.

Seriously - knock it off already. It's getting a little annoying.

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Comments

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Ohhh. I like this letter.

[conuly]

The people whining about how *they* don't like spending public money for things *they* don't think are uplifting are also whining that they should not have to personally monitor their children's bookreading, nor supervise them in the library.

Honestly, if they care so much about what influences their kids, bully for them! But then they have to step up and do the job they've set for themselves. ""Oh, but this kid is 14! I should be with him all the time?" Well, yeah, if you care about him possibly running across _{s e x books} in the library. Frankly, I think that at 14, he should be able to read whatever he likes, but clearly, I'm not this boy's parents. That's why I don't want the job of having to babysit him.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

But you don't understand.

Sex is a mirikle frum teh godzorz, and muzt no be sullied by such poultry thnigs as no ledge.

Ahem, Pardon me, putting jebuz into my gas tank results in greater (sp?)incoherency.
The ignorance burns and stings.

[conuly]

Oh, yeah. And it's not so much about this book or that book. It's about "I don't want my tax dollars paying for things that don't "improve our country" and aren't "great literature" or "valuable education" by some nebulous criteria of her own.

You know what? I'm not dirt poor. How about I buy a dozen copies of any book which personally, you don't want to pay for, and mail it to your library. I'll replace them on demand, too.

God damn it, I'd do it just to spite the woman.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Ohhh. I like this letter.

[conuly]

The people whining about how *they* don't like spending public money for things *they* don't think are uplifting are also whining that they should not have to personally monitor their children's bookreading, nor supervise them in the library.

Honestly, if they care so much about what influences their kids, bully for them! But then they have to step up and do the job they've set for themselves. ""Oh, but this kid is 14! I should be with him all the time?" Well, yeah, if you care about him possibly running across _{s e x books} in the library. Frankly, I think that at 14, he should be able to read whatever he likes, but clearly, I'm not this boy's parents. That's why I don't want the job of having to babysit him.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

But you don't understand.

Sex is a mirikle frum teh godzorz, and muzt no be sullied by such poultry thnigs as no ledge.

Ahem, Pardon me, putting jebuz into my gas tank results in greater (sp?)incoherency.
The ignorance burns and stings.

[conuly]

Oh, yeah. And it's not so much about this book or that book. It's about "I don't want my tax dollars paying for things that don't "improve our country" and aren't "great literature" or "valuable education" by some nebulous criteria of her own.

You know what? I'm not dirt poor. How about I buy a dozen copies of any book which personally, you don't want to pay for, and mail it to your library. I'll replace them on demand, too.

God damn it, I'd do it just to spite the woman.