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What’s the practical difference though? Someone still decides the book is not gonna be there, mostly for ideological reasons. I guess if you agree with those

• lelanthran 3y ago
  > What’s the practical difference though? The practical difference is that, in one case, the taxpayers collectively decide what's appropriate for their children and what is not. In the other case, a single (or a few) individuals decide what is appropriate for all the taxpayers children. I don't understand why some people think it's better to ignore the wishes of the voters.
• sangnoir 3y ago
  > I guess if you agree with those reasons, it’s “curation”, if you don’t, it’s “banning”. Curation is part of the job for librarians, and it's a specialized skill. I don't have to agree with an ideology to accept what they do is curation - a Librarian in a Taliban library still curates their collection regardless of my endorsement of Sharia. If they are instructed by Kabul to remove specific texts, then it's a ban. Someone decides what music gets played on radio and what the TV lineup looks like and calling that selection "banning" is reaching IMO . When the legislature is coming up with a blacklist, then it's blatantly "banning" to me