This is very true. A good library should contain all sorts of books with all sorts of ideas -- even ideas that you disagree with or find offensive. That's because the most noble purpose of a library is to educate readers, and that can only be done by exposing them to new ideas (some of which will be embraced and some of which will be rejected, but all of them contribute to an education). A building that contains only books you agree with (or find inoffensive) is not a library at all, but a propaganda center.
Books Magazine
This is very true. A good library should contain all sorts of books with all sorts of ideas -- even ideas that you disagree with or find offensive. That's because the most noble purpose of a library is to educate readers, and that can only be done by exposing them to new ideas (some of which will be embraced and some of which will be rejected, but all of them contribute to an education). A building that contains only books you agree with (or find inoffensive) is not a library at all, but a propaganda center.
