Elmhurst Reads Mysterious Tales-Book Discussion- Indemnity Only

Vincent Russell April 16, 2012 at 09:02 pm

This is a true story from the Chicago Tribune about pro-abortion author Sara Paretsky and her character V.I. Warshawski. The author is receiving $7,500 from Elmhurst Public Library to speak at an event on April 26th. The Trib link follows.
"Author Sara Paretsky plans to help an abortion-rights political-action committee raise funds by taking $500 contributors on a ``V.I. Warshawski`` bus tour of Chicago on Sept. 12. Warshawski is the no-nonsense female detective in Paretsky`s Chicago-based mysteries. The tour includes lunch at the real-life version of one of the fictional V.I.`s favorite haunts. Personal PAC says it will use funds raised to support selected Illinois House and Senate candidates. Paretsky is an honorary co-chair of the group." -- Chicago Tribune Question: Will the Elmhurst Public Library also be giving tours and contributing to the abortion rights political abortion-rights political-action committee Personal PAC? http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-30/features/9203180921_1_warshawski-vi-funds

Susan April 17, 2012 at 05:22 pm

You do realize that article is from 1992 and has nothing to do with the fact that an author is visiting the library, right?

Vincent Russell April 17, 2012 at 05:48 pm

Sara Patetsky is a pro-abortion spokesperson who was the on the board of the National Abortion Rights Action League and is an honorary co-chair of Personal PAC, the political arm of the pro-abort movement in Illinois. She is very active in the abortion-provider, Planned Parenthood.
Her article in the Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2012 has everything to do with it. She calls leaders in the Catholic Church game wardens and "women as alligators on the loose in the swamp. How do we cure their (the Catholic Church) delusion? How do we teach them that women are just as human, and just as capable of making their own choices, as men? It's a mystery to me. But I'm hoping that V I Warshawski can help solve it." In other words, Ms. Paretsky is using V.I. Warshawski as a front to advance her pro-abortion movement as proved by her own writing. That might explain why she took readers on her V.I. Warshawski abortion tour in 1992.

Elmhurst Public Library April 17, 2012 at 06:50 pm

The tour in question was said to be scheduled for September 12, 1992. However, there are no further mentions of the tour, nor confirmation that it ever took place. Sara Paretsky’s talk on April 26, 2012 will focus on her mystery series and writing process. This is in support of the Library’s efforts to foster a love of reading by providing a wide variety of programs that connect patrons with books, authors, staff, and other readers. Providing opportunities to meet and learn about authors, as well as expand opportunities for patrons to share their love of books and reading through book discussions is part of the Library’s strategic plan. We provide opportunities for residents of all ages and walks of life to pursue their own interests and learn about those of others. Visit http://bit.ly/HRKsbQ to read more on the Library’s mission, vision, and values.

Vincent Russell April 17, 2012 at 08:01 pm

Dear Elmhurst Library, come on, please! You might want to me more candid with your patrons about this very controversial author. Yes, Ms. Paretsky is a mystery writer, but read the author's own words in the Trib article dated 1/22/12.
"Is it just a coincidence that Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of my first novel. It was synchronicity, perhaps, that V I Warshawski was born on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Like Roe, though in smaller ways, V I has helped change women's lives." Happy birthday to Paretsky's fictional character V.I. Warshawski. Too bad that for millions of unborn children they didn't even see their first birthday. And it wasn't fiction either. Was it really really synchronicity that her character was born on Roe vs Wade day or a platform to spread her pro-abortion position? Afterall, she was really in-sync with the anniversary of Roe vs Wade because she was on the board of the National Abortion Rights Action League and is an honorary co-chair of Personal PAC, the political arm of the pro-abort movement in Illinois. Let's at least be honest as to what the library is promoting, here. Mystery? Maybe that was your intention. But there is no mystery to what happens to an unborn baby that meets up with the reality of abortion. The real mystery is why Elmhurst Public Library is actually promoting this author.

Vincent Russell April 17, 2012 at 08:29 pm

Also Elmhurst Library, your comment questioning whether the V.I. Warshawski abortion bus tour took place or not is evasive and irrelevant. The fact it was planned and printed in the Trib is proof that Ms. Parestky is using her fictional character to promote her pro-abortion causes. The fact that she positioned a fictional character to fund raise for abortion is absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, the killing of unborn children is not fiction.

Kelly Porter April 17, 2012 at 11:50 pm

I don't understand what the problem is here. Are we entitled to judge what Ms. Paretsky is allowed to do with her own money? Shall we begin checking to see what causes are supported by anyone who speaks at the library? How about the employees? What if they use their paychecks to support a cause we don't like? She is a really good writer. Her books are fun to read, and lots of people check them out of the library. I hope she draws a big crowd, and I don't care what she does with the money she gets. Seriously c'mon.

Vincent Russell April 18, 2012 at 01:52 am

Kelly,
The problem is the library, I assume not intentionally, but nonetheless the same, is using Elmhurst taxpayers money to advance the political efforts of a pro-abortion lobbyist in Ms. Paretsky through the fictional characters she writes about. It's one thing if Ms. Paretsky is pro-abortion; that's her business. Its another thing when she tells us blatantly, in the Chicago Tribune, that she is going to advance her pro-abortion agenda through a fictional character, and that the Elmhurst Library is paying her to talk about this pro-abort character and agenda. I'm against abortion but I will support Ms. Paretsky's right to speak about abortion, her abortion activities, and her books. No problems there. I just don't think the library should pay her.

Stewart Levine April 18, 2012 at 08:22 am

I think abortions are basically infanticide,.. a society that embraces killing babies is absolutely disgusting. if you disagree why don't you google pictures of aborted fetuses and take a good look at them. anyone who choses to abort a baby should instead be neutered and spayed.
It makes me absolutely disgusted and sick to think that this town rips off its tax payers to pay for this garbage. All these looney liberals always congregate to the well to do suburbs to push their propaganda trash. I would hope that we can prevent this woman from coming to Elmhurst Library, by getting the word out to all the local churches and anyone in the area so people can protest and write letters and possibly heckle this woman, as well as let those in city hall who managed to get this slipped in the budget some how know how we feel. This is a conservative town and it is a slap in the face to allow anyone and everyone to come in and promote the killing of unborn babies. I don't want to hear any malthusian arguments either. We are talking about a moral issue, there is no room for this even in a so called secular society.

Susan April 18, 2012 at 10:20 am

You realize your use of an article from 1992 is "evasive and irrelevant," right? Just because something is printed in a newspaper doesn't mean it's true. Its also from over 20 years ago. I'm not the same person I was 20 years ago- are you?

Susan April 18, 2012 at 10:27 am

If you really read this article for what it was, not for what you decided it would be, you'd realize she's NOT talking about using "her money to support abortion," as you so openly decided. She's talking about women's rights. As a woman, it is MY right to choose what I want to do with MY body. You have NO right to tell me what I can and cannot do. You also have no right to tell this author what she can and cannot support.
Look at her books- that is why she's going to the library- NOT because she supports women's rights or is pro-choice. If anyone else is interested, he's the article he's quoting: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-22/news/ct-perspec-0122-roe-20120122_1_clinic-guard-women-bomb-clinics

Vincent Russell April 18, 2012 at 11:09 am

Susan,
I didn't twist anything. Ms. Paretsky sponsored a pro-abortion lobby fundraiser, a bus tour using her character V.I. Warshawski as the centerpiece. Elmhurst Library is paying her for her to speak about this pro-abort character and her writing. I do want her to speak and tell us all about the benefits of abortion for unborn children and how her fictional character V.I. Warshawski can help continue her cause. Abortion isn't fiction and its no "mystery" what happens to unborn children when a selfless mother walks into Planned Parenthood to end the child's life.

Vincent Russell April 18, 2012 at 11:21 am

Susan, Ms. Paretsky IS the same woman she was 20 years ago as it relates to her pro-abortion activism. Her own articles and interviews about the subject and Ms. Paretsky, herself, connecting her fictional writing and characters to the subject are as strong as a chain. It is littered across the Tribune and other publications and in interviews. She even sits on the board of these organizations as already mentioned!!!!
If you are defending Ms. Paretsky and her pro-abort activism, fine. If you are denying Ms. Paretsky's pro-abortion causes and lobbyist activities, you are wrong. As troubled as I am about the evils of abortion and Ms. Paretsky's views, my problem is with the Elmhurst Public Library and spending our money promoting a pro-abortion activist who promises to continue promoting pro-abort causes through her writing.

RobertAWilson April 18, 2012 at 04:24 pm

Here's a thought. Don't go to the program. Enough said.

Vincent Russell April 18, 2012 at 06:24 pm

Dear Robert, not attending is not the point and I disagree with Stu about his protest.
In fact, it is our great Elmhurst Public Library that allows us to FREELY pursue knowledge, not so we may end difference, but that we end the hostility toward difference. The point is, we should let Ms. Paretsky talk. But, either don't pay her or let a voice opposing abortion be paid to talk as well. No one who knows the facts about Ms. Parestsky can claim she is just a simply a mystery writer.

Vincent Russell April 18, 2012 at 06:27 pm

Also, thanks to the Elmhurst Patch and Karen for the forum and the Elmhurst Library folks for their wonderful service, offering, and dedication.

Susan April 18, 2012 at 06:41 pm

Show me proof this tour ever happend. Just because she annouced it, doesn't mean it EVER happened. Show me PROOF.

Steph April 19, 2012 at 03:32 am

Think of this program along the same lines as not allowing a speaker to sell their products/services during a presentation, but they are still able to speak about the knowledge they gained in their profession and provide factual information to the audience. As long as Ms. Paretsky isn't asking for money from the audience for abortion, she is simply sharing her knowledge as an author.
In response to the above comment looking to "protest" and "possibly heckle this woman", I question where your morals lie just as you question the morals of those who choose abortion. It is the library's mission to provide opportunities to "explore, learn and grow". Perhaps attending this event will help you explore another person's profession of choice, learn about what it's like being a best-selling author and possibly help you grow up.

Vincent Russell April 19, 2012 at 05:39 pm

Ms. Paretsky a pro-abortion lobbyist, IS getting over $7,000 to speak, paid for by THE audience, THE very same Elmhurst taxpayers that fund the Elmhurst Library! While I think the price is extremely high for a speaker, the issue at hand is that Ms. Paretsky has used HER main fictional character that she will speak about in a pro-abortion bus tour to raise money for her own pro-abortion political lobbying organizations. Ms. Paretsky was on the board of the National Abortion Rights Action League and a co-chair of Personal PAC, a pro-abortion political lobby.

Vincent Russell April 19, 2012 at 05:40 pm

Dear Robert, not attending is not the point and I disagree with Stu about his protest.
In fact, it is our great Elmhurst Public Library that allows us to FREELY pursue knowledge, not so we may end difference, but that we end the hostility toward difference. The point is, we should let Ms. Paretsky talk. But, either don't pay her or let a voice opposing abortion be paid to talk as well. No one who knows the facts about Ms. Parestsky can claim she is just a simply a mystery writer.