"I don't do censorship battles."
I was doing my usual morning check-up-on-challenged-books routine when I ran across this bit in an article about Martha Freeman's new book:
Connie Cauvel, the Franklin County librarian who removed the book, said she did not think the book specified gay issues or was written in bad taste.
"I thought it was absolutely fine," Cauvel said. "I did not defend it or battle for it because I don't do censorship battles. They usually end up nasty, and it is a total lose-lose."
What does that mean? If one person makes a stink, remove the book to avoid a 'situation'?
I really, really hope that this quote was somehow taken out of context. Yikes.