A woman whose son stole a manga volume from the Crestview Public Library in Crestview, Florida told the Crestview City Council that “my son lost his mind when he found this,” according to the Walton Sun. She told the Council that her teenage son removed the book from the library’s adult section and put it in his backpack last summer, and is now “in a home for extensive therapy.”
The mother, Margaret Barbaree, who founded a group called Protect Our Children, circulated a petition protesting the presence of “anime,” which she meant to refer to manga, in the library.
Charles Baugh Jr., the City Council President, toured the library after her complaints and found adult manga separated from titles available to younger readers and found the manga in the young adult section “innocuous,” according to the report.
Brigid Alverson reported for Robot 6 that the titles in question were Dark Horse’s Gantz and Tokyopop’s Psychic Academy.
The mother, Margaret Barbaree, who founded a group called Protect Our Children, circulated a petition protesting the presence of “anime,” which she meant to refer to manga, in the library.
Charles Baugh Jr., the City Council President, toured the library after her complaints and found adult manga separated from titles available to younger readers and found the manga in the young adult section “innocuous,” according to the report.
Brigid Alverson reported for Robot 6 that the titles in question were Dark Horse’s Gantz and Tokyopop’s Psychic Academy.
2 comments:
If I had a child and he stole from the library (or anywhere), "losing his mind" would be the least of his worries.
I read some the related news stories and it seems the library in question had covered their bases and responded in a levelheaded manner. Good for them.
I'm sure this mother has no problem letting her son watch R-rated movies with sex and violence galore. Reading about a bullet to the head is much worse than watching a head explode in all its pulpy glory on the big screen.
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