tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post2033750297692122686..comments2024-03-28T04:49:07.788-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: LA Times Supports Filtering Porn from Public LibrariesSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-9500073008957972592012-01-03T06:51:34.895-05:002012-01-03T06:51:34.895-05:00Phew! You had me worried! Thanks to your comment...Phew! You had me worried! Thanks to your comment I checked my article and the original article. I see I had not forgotten to include those two paragraphs. They are there and have been since I first published this post.<br /><br />Might you have any comments on the substantive issues?<br /><br />While I am writing, the comments under the original article are telling. You have one commenter who only reveals she is one of the LAPL librarians after I call her out. She spouts some the very propaganda the LA Times editorial was exposing.<br /><br />The best part is that she says she's a librarian so she knows better, and the common folk are simply too unsophisticated to know what's best for them. Of course she did not use those words, but that is essentially what she said. It's the very attitude I noted when I first attended a library trustee meeting in my own town. It's remarkable.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-63312777372121545902012-01-03T02:13:49.898-05:002012-01-03T02:13:49.898-05:00How conveniently you leave out this paragraph:
&q...How conveniently you leave out this paragraph:<br /><br />""Lady Chatterley's Lover" was once considered pornography, not just unsuitable for a library but illegal to sell in some countries a little more than half a century ago. Banning materials from the library because the majority of people find them distasteful is a dicey step. What might the majority find unsuitable next? Something that you want to read, perhaps? Yet all patrons to the library should be able to search for books and videos without patently offensive material shining across the room at them.<br /><br />Whose rights matter more?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com