No book should be expected to please every reader

The trustees have been asked by the library system's director, Michael Hamlett, to decide the fate of "Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch" by comedian Jim Norton. A library patron in Ocean Springs objects to Norton's book being circulated at public expense and the trustees will take up the complaint at a meeting that begins at 5 o'clock tonight at the main library in Pascagoula.

We trust that the library trustees will do right tonight by both the author and all of their patrons.

And we hope that in the future the reticent Mr. Hamlett will not be so reluctant to discuss library matters with the Sun Herald.

While the book in question isn't one I would choose to read, it was on the New York Times Best Seller List. The library has limited funds to buy books and this book has already been purchased, taking it out of circulation to appease the Ocean Springs patron serves no one. Let those patrons who choose to read it, read it, other patrons always have the option of NOT checking it out.

The bright side: Bans mean that books matter