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New Idaho library rules, adults only, must show ID

by lando2319 on 7/2/24, 6:24 PM with 7 comments

  • by karmakaze on 7/2/24, 8:00 PM

    I like how it links to old.reddit.com--that should filter by age of commenters.
  • by sandworm101 on 7/2/24, 7:49 PM

    Yup. Better that kids learn form the internet than from so many dangerous books. But have a care for the libraries. They are the ones that need to make sense out of the current debates. Excluding children is likely what they need to do to stay open.
  • by sickofparadox on 7/2/24, 7:54 PM

    Law - https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T...

    Definitions - https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T...

    This looks like malicious compliance to make people angry. There are no restrictions on children entering a library, only on 'obscene' materials. Perfect fodder for the kind of person that fawns over ""banned"" books.

  • by darksaints on 7/2/24, 7:54 PM

    Lol, I've been to a library in Idaho, the only people inside were kids. I assume they were desperately trying to escape their parents.
  • by foogazi on 7/3/24, 2:22 AM

    If providing books to kids is outlawed the only outlaws will provide books to kids