SHERIFF: Should leave info sources alone

I was appalled recently reading about the sheriff’s visit to our local library and acting the part of judge and jury as to what books should be in the collection. This takes choice away from parents/guardians/teachers to help the young person develop appropriate attitudes. The Nazi regime did this very action. We all know how that turned out. How much better to have an opportunity to discuss the text and share in a constructive way the viewpoint that would be a way to help the young person make appropriate decisions and develop mature thinking.

If you think the library is the only place kids get information about sex, porn and alternative lifestyles, you must be living in a cave. Our kids are not. They have friends and removing any source, only makes it more interesting and desirable. Please leave our information sources alone. Whatever happened to live and let live and having faith that each of us can manage our kids without intervention by law enforcement, except in cases of abuse?

BARB CRUMPACKER

Coeur d’Alene