Woman steals “porn” from library
A (crazy) Maine woman, in her anti-pornography crusade, checked out two copies of the book “It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health” from two different libraries and refuses to give them back. The Associated Press reports tha JoAn Karkos enclosed $20.95 to cover the cost of the book to each library along with a letter explaining why she won’t return them.
“Since I have been sufficiently horrified of the illustrations and the sexually graphic, amoral abnormal contents, I will not be returning the books.”
She also wrote
“The truth is the contents of the book in question leads to a lot of misery, pain, lack of freedom, and often death.”
The library director returned her check along with a form she could use to request the book’s removal but may need to police assistance in retrieving the stolen book.
“This has never happened before,” said Rick Speer, director of the Lewiston Public Library. “It is clearly theft.”
Yes it is theft and stealing books from libraries won’t make them disappear. Published more than 10 years ago, the book has become so popular since Karkos’ crusade was reported that Speer has ordered two more copies for the library.
censorship, pornography, ill-advised theft
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