Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Please write the City of Vancouver and request a Danish cartoonist, or some such, for "freedom to read" week

Dear friends,

Please have a look at this article in the Vancouver Sun, outlining the stupidity and hatred with which some library staff have aligned themselves in a desperate desire for controversy. They have confused "freedom to read", with public subsidy for antisemitic fantasies and crazy conspiracy theories.

It's not as if criticism of Israel is anything new in the meeting rooms of the Vancouver Public Library. This is hardly a topic that has been forbidden that we need to bring out in the open in the name of "freedom to read". What does seem to be forbidden at the Vancouver Public Library are pro-Israel speakers and a range of conservative books.

Please take a moment to write a note of protest to the City of Vancouver Mayor and Council (mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca), the Chief Librarian (paulwhi@vpl.ca), and the librarian responsible for public events (janicdou@vpl.ca)

h/t Pastorius via Elder of Ziyon

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