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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:00:55 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:03:04 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>my absolute favorite story along these lines was told by a librarian. it
>>seems they had a patron who would 'edit' out naughty words in books using
>>white-out *and then carefully draw a little asterisk with a ballpoint pen*
>>to represent each letter thus expunged. i would say that's going beyond
>>the call of duty.

>
> I'd like to know why such a delicate flower of a human being would be
> reading those dirty, nasty books in the first place!


obviously they were Thinking of the Children.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo>

your pal,
helen