Actually, T, those filters are apparently rather difficult to turn off when the connection in a library is through a large network (as is the case for most libraries now). Even when they can be easily turned off, it isn't all that easy for the librarians hustling around with people waiting in line, turning filters on and off. Of course, you and I probably use small libraries where it is less of a problem.
Lots of people also don't know that they can ask. Not to mention embarrassed. But the justices say we have no constitutional right to be protected from embarrassment at our library. ;-) I'm with Steph, myself. And in library school we were **required** to look through a collection of **real** pornography (not Playboy, for sure!) -- so we would know what we talk about. Regards, Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P. Duvall > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:21 PM > To: Arachne chat > Subject: [lace-chat] Re: and *your* library > > > On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 16:44 US/Eastern, Steph Peters wrote: > > >> I don't want to see porn on the web > > > But would you want to be able to research breast cancer, or > your male > > friends and relatives to be able to research testicular cancer? > > I would be, since the filters can and are supposed to be > turned off on > request... So, everything is still available. > > > In favour of 100% free speech, including looking at pornography if I > > want to. > > But that's the point -- you still *can*, if you want to. But > it's less > likely to slap you in the face if you don't. > > ---- > Tamara P Duvall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lexington, Virginia, USA > Formerly of Warsaw, Poland > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
