[perth]

Nitpick: currently in the US, most public libraries do not regulate anyone, of any age, from reading “adult” books.

[xp84]

I didn't say public libraries, I was going to say bookstore but picked "library" because I wanted to drive home the point that even a kid whose parents didn't give them any money would be allowed to access the materials. My point: if someone opened a facility to knowingly give kids books about sex acts (and not the "sex ed" kind), we would all agree they are a creep.

[watwut]

They wont allow minors to take out porn. Simply, they wont and it would be illegal for them.

[sethammons]

Calvin and Hobbs, the comic strip, has been banned in Tennessee schools on the grounds that it had pornography in the form of Calvin's naked butt being in some cells.

What is adult content? A cartoon butt? A book on breastfeeding? "I can't define porn, but I know it when I see it" has led to Calvin and Hobbs being banned.

[aaronmdjones]

I think the point they were making is that a child can walk into a library, pick up any book, and open it. All without any adults being in the loop. They can do that today.

[croes]

You can read a book without taking it out.

[3eb7988a1663]

What public libraries have porn?

Or is it the pearl clutching where a novel with a same-sex kiss is smut? What about all of the graphic acts that happen in the Bible?