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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Djeta Thernadier" data-source="post: 1139826" data-attributes="member: 12043">Let me turn this around and phrase it differently, because I think you may be misinterpreting what banning and challenging books means in the case of this thread (FYI, I'm not always the best at putting my thoughts into words so I very well could have phrased something in a way that did not make sense...) :People do not have a right to say "I wish to read "Sex" by Madonna, therefore it should be in my public library and they better use their resources to buy a copy or I will start a big crusade against them for not buying what I want ". However, people also do not have a right to say "I do not wish to read "Sex" by Madonna, therefore it should NOT be in my public library and they'd better take it off their shelves right now or I will start a big crusade against them for not doing what I want".I'm sure that there are people who do complain that libraries do not have the books they want. I understand that libraries have rather limited resources and they usually try to please the vast majority of their readers with what they have.  However, I think that these people are few, since most people understand that not every library can afford everything, nor do they expect the library to use it's resources to buy obscure books that they want. I work for the publisher that produced "Sex" by Madonna.  I can say honestly that there is no way anyone is getting a copy of this book, as it's out of print and I'm told that it sells secondhand for a couple of hundred. If your public library does not have a copy, chances are quite likely they are never getting one, because it would be bad business sense to buy a secondhand copy for that much money, for a book that is likely to not appeal to as many people as spending that money on 30 other books that have mass appeal.I think the vast majority of library patrons do not "expect" books to be purchased for them. Most libraries are againts the banning of books, and I'm guessing wouldn't carry things like "Sex" simply due to finances. And I agree completely that with a $100 buying a couple of nice history books, a few James Patterson and Sandra Brown novels and extra copies of classics is a much better purchase choice than purchasing a book that will not have that sort of mass appeal. The problem is the people, or groups of people who want books taken off of the shelves that are *already there*. Most of the books on the top 100 list are in most public libraries and the problem is people who wish to impose their values of what is and is not "decent" upon their entire community . Or people who want to try and stop libraries from ordering , say, the new Harry Potter book because they think it "encourages witchcraft". See Buttercups excellent post.</blockquote>

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