Mom Throws kid in Mental Hospital after he reads some manga
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[URL]http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/crestview-30688-manga-mom.html[/URL]
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CRESTVIEW — A Japanese serial graphic novel genre popular with young teens has raised the ire of a Crestview mother whose teenage son got hold of an adult version of the genre from the Crestview Public Library.
“Manga” depicts highly stylized adventure and, occasionally, violence in fantasy settings.
Margaret Barbaree, founder of a citizens’ group called Protect Our Children, presented examples from a manga book to the Crestview City Council last week that she described as “graphic” and “shocking,” taken from material she said is “available to children” at the Crestview Public Library.
“My son lost his mind when he found this,” Barbaree said of the manga book from which her examples were taken.
She said her son had removed the book unsupervised from the library’s general stacks last summer and put it in his backpack. She has kept it ever since.
“Now he’s in a home for extensive therapy,” she said.
Several months ago, Barbaree had circulated a petition bearing 226 signatures of citizens protesting the availability of manga, which she mistakenly referred to as “anime,” or Japanese animation.
However, the library said some patrons complained they were misled when they signed the petition.
“They told us she (Barbaree) approached them at the Christmas parade and asked them to sign a petition protesting pornography in the library,” said Resource Librarian Sandra Dreaden.
Barbaree said Library Director Jean Lewis explained to her that there is a demand for manga, and that the library strives to meet the needs of its patrons.
City Council President Charles Baugh Jr. assured Barbaree that “we have safeguards in place to protect our children and we have committees that review library purchases so they meet the standards of the (American) Library Association.”
The books that concerned Barbaree “are in the library for those who wish to partake of them and they are in a section of the library” for adult patrons, said Baugh, who visited the library himself the day after the council meeting and said he found the manga available in the young adult section perfectly innocuous.
“We follow up with our citizens’ concerns,” Baugh said after meeting with library staff and viewing the young adult manga.
Baugh also confirmed that the book Barbaree’s son had taken was in the general stacks well away from the children’s and young adult books.
“Our library is well managed and well staffed,” Baugh told Barbaree while assuring her, “I am a family man and I understand what you are saying.”
Lewis said the manga available in the young adult section of the library is oriented toward young teen readers and does not contain the adult themes of the book Barbaree’s son took. That book had been in the general stacks, on a top shelf in a section with other graphic novels and comic books not geared toward young readers.
“We have policies and procedures in place to prevent underage children from accessing those materials,” Baugh said.
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lol'd
Justice was served.
Also: Later, when the kid will be a full grown boy, he will thank his mother for this drastic action.
good thing she caught him before he started going "desu kawaii ^_^"
Give that mom a medal.
As much as I oppose sheltering children, it's weaboo shit. So the mother is 100% in the right.
:golfclap:
Manga: :sonia:
Kid: :byodood:
EDIT: Why do I have agrees? What do you agree with here?
What a great mom. Seriously
She did the right thing, I hope other mothers follow her
Good Mom.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyAlt;23163066]good thing she caught him before he started going "desu kawaii ^_^"[/QUOTE]
Like we need another one of those ._.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23163132]Manga: :sonia:
Kid: :byodood:[/QUOTE]
A lot of manga has tits.
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Let's get library's to ban manga! Along with book stores.
If it was anything other than manga I would be pissed.... but seriously, manga sucks the proverbial nut.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyAlt;23163066]good thing she caught him before he started going "desu kawaii ^_^"[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL60hgTVPa0[/media]
that goddamn naruto crap is ruining our children QQ
all he did is read a book, and now you're all saying it was justified to put him in a home? the fuck you guys, I know there's a big "anime sucks" bandwagon going on, and I don't like anime either, but come the fuck on
I don't really care for manga, read it if you want, but wait till you're old enough NOT to run yelling Japanese terms.
Also, I predict a massive clash of weaboos and FPers resulting in a shitstorm the size of which man has never seen.
wow this topic is pretty absurd
I used to live in Crestview, Bunch of fucking hillbillies.
[QUOTE=TheHydra;23163227]all he did is read a book, and now you're all saying it was justified to put him in a home? the fuck you guys, I know there's a big "anime sucks" bandwagon going on, and I don't like anime either, but come the fuck on[/QUOTE]
Is it a bandwagon if I mean it?
ban anime
[QUOTE=Craptasket;23163271]Is it a bandwagon if I mean it?
ban anime[/QUOTE]
banime
wait what defines anime for you? any cartoon made in japan?
[QUOTE=TheHydra;23163227]all he did is read a book, and now you're all saying it was justified to put him in a home? the fuck you guys, I know there's a big "anime sucks" bandwagon going on, and I don't like anime either, but come the fuck on[/QUOTE]
FP is as bad as bible thumping Christians.
:bandwagon:
*english mum voice*Hop aboard the bandwagon now children!
[QUOTE=xamllew;23163269]I used to live in Crestview, Bunch of fucking hillbillies.[/QUOTE]
Hillbillies are better than anime fags.
[QUOTE=SergeantDead;23163321]I love manga! Send me to the mental hospital if needed. But you will never stop me from reading manga!!![/QUOTE]
what is ur Favorite~~ manga ^_^???
[QUOTE=SergeantDead;23163321]I love manga! Send me to the mental hospital if needed. But you will never stop me from reading manga!!![/QUOTE]
see, it's shit like this
this mom is doing the right thing
[QUOTE=TheHydra;23163346]see, it's shit like this[/QUOTE]
Those people are the reason why we need it banned.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;23163145]What a great mom. Seriously
She did the right thing, I hope other mothers follow her[/QUOTE]
The mom is a fucking idiot
but I agree with her.
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