Actually, I've found that my borough,
Newham, is doing its level best to dumb-down libraries. Certainly our
Dear Leader [Sir Robin Wales] wouldn't want a lot of 'independent
thought' going on here, who knows what might happen? So I discovered,
when I offered to donate some expensive but still serviceable technical
books, that the contents of the libraries are indexed and supplied by a
third party. So nothing controversial can be donated, phew!
Also, looking through the 'philosophy' and 'politics' section, there's no evidence of either Marx, Hitler, Bertrand Russell or anyone who would fit the subject category. There's probably Marxism for Dummies somewhere though?
This is pretty much Fahrenheit 451 'lite'. That's not on the shelves either, the sci-fi category is a load of anodyne Star Trek and space opera books, no Sladek, no Henlein etc. etc. Nothing but the most superficial for us, hurrah!
Also, looking through the 'philosophy' and 'politics' section, there's no evidence of either Marx, Hitler, Bertrand Russell or anyone who would fit the subject category. There's probably Marxism for Dummies somewhere though?
This is pretty much Fahrenheit 451 'lite'. That's not on the shelves either, the sci-fi category is a load of anodyne Star Trek and space opera books, no Sladek, no Henlein etc. etc. Nothing but the most superficial for us, hurrah!
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