The Library Myth

Vox Day links to a good takedown of the Hypatia myth, to which I'd like to add the library myth.

By the time the so-called Christian mobs come to burn down your library, rest assured our precious store of knowledge will be in no way affected. The shelves have become filled with all manner of questionable things in a heroic quest to increase circulation. There is also the perennial attempt to be non-discriminatory, though this approach appears to require many years of ALA brainwashing to be believed. It seems quite obvious to me that one would want to grant all access to a decent asset rather than drag the asset around in the mud and pretend that it now will provide great service to the disadvantaged.

In truth, they will be post-Christian mobs who'll break down the door so they can steal the dvds of the 56th version of Saw, before they set fire to badly written erotica, paranormal romance novels, low-fat vegan cookbooks, completely inaccurate political garbage (from both the right and the left), books on magic (both the pagan and Christian branded variety), and whatever other bit of ghastliness that can be found on the New York Times bestseller list.