West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians

News@lemmy.world – 384 points – 8 months ago

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.

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or anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value

But where can they even find a reasonable person in West Virginia? Sydnee McElroy is pretty busy with being a full-time doctor and science communicator. I'm not sure there are any others.

Hello fellow McElroy fan.

I have "don't drill a hole in your head" as a morning mantra.

I've never listened to Sawbones, but that is sound advice. The movie Pi drove that point home.