Dr. Quinn & Censorship Episode

["Christopher T. Hart (407) 870-4860" <HARTC1@MAIL.FIRN.EDU>]

Did anybody see the Dr. Quinn episode tonight?  The whole thing delt with
the local public library and censorship.  The Preacher started it all and
they wanted to censor the following books:  "The Vampire," "Civil
Disobedience," "The Koran," "A book of poetry by Walt Whitman," and "The
Scarlet Letter."  The city council voted 4 to 1 to close the Public
Library.  The character "Jake" aka Mayor of this fine town can't even read,
but he wanted the library closed.  The writers of the show even had a
little "Book Burning" party during the episode.  But in the end Dr. Quinn
stood up against Censorship by quoting stories from the Bible to show the
people of this fine town that they were short sighted in their reasoning.

Maybe ALA should consider giving Dr. Quinn the "Intellectual Freedom Award"
this year....

Chris Hart
Media Specialist at
Poinciana High School
Kissimmee,  FL  34758
(407) 870-4860 ext. 233
email:  HARTC1@firn.mail.edu  or, chart@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu