But library officials say it's the parents' responsibility to restrict what their children are doing online.
"If they're concerned with what they're viewing on the internet, they need to be there guiding them on their use of the internet," said Director or Roswell Public Library Betty Long.
Source: "Roswell Library Defends Internet Usage Policy," by Katy Ryan, KOB Eyewitness News 4, 23 February 2009.
Just yesterday I wrote "Playboy for Children Says Gina Millsap, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Executive Director," about another ALA leader pushing porn on that community's children. Roswell, you are not alone.
The ALA's so-called "Library Bill of Rights," as if it's supposed to be controlling constitutional law, essentially claims it is age discrimination for librarians to keep children from any material whatsoever. That's the parents job. Exactly what Betty Long and Gina Millsap are saying. Citizens are supposed to ignore or never even hear about US v. ALA. That's where the US Supreme Court said, "The interest in protecting young library users from material inappropriate for minors is legitimate, and even compelling, as all Members of the Court appear to agree."
Is anyone else starting to see a pattern here? Is local control of libraries possible where ALA acolytes are misleading the local citizenry? Is pornography "information" for children? Is saying it's the parents fault that children are viewing unfiltered Internet pornography in a public library acceptable? Do people realize communities do not want porn pushed on their children and library directors who talk and act otherwise are actually representing the ALA, not their communities? Are there no consequences for failure to act in the public's interest?
"One New Mexico library is defending its internet use policy against parents who say it gives kids full access to pornographic websites." Why is the library "against parents"?
Roswell citizens, will you act to stop your library's director from allowing the sexualization of your children in your public library? Contact me and I will attempt to assist you in righting this wrong.
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I have a question for the Betty Longs and Gina Millsaps of the world. How is it even possible in today’s economy, for parents to do all that their rhetoric purports them to be capable of? Rhetoric which echoes the philosophy of American Library Association--go figure.
ReplyDeleteBoth parents are employed in most families, while, unfortunately, many homes contain only one parent. How can parent [s] be at the library policing the computer activity of their children, go to all their games, parent/teacher meetings, musical performances, view every movie prior to their child seeing it, and read every book before their child reads it? All after working eight hours or more and maintain a livable home?
There was a day, not so many years ago, that parents had (outside the family) support. Schools/teachers were able to reinforce the values that children came to school with.
As a child-- books that contained foul language and sexually explicit materials were kept in the adult section, or behind the counter at our public libraries, and totally censored from our public schools. Parents had far less to contend with.
Pornography is against God for kids and for adults. Children are innocent and it is our job as adults to protect that innocense in children. Do not expose them to porn. Jesus Christ says in the Bible that anyone that leads my little one's {meaning children} astray, better for that person to hang a millstone around their neck and be sunk in the depths of the sea then to lead one of his little one's astray.
ReplyDeleteIt is not the libraries responsibility to police what their user access on there computers. If the parents do not want there child view inappropriate material it is up to the them to supervise the kids. You should also know that in the state of New Mexico you can not limit user access to computers and inter net resources. I have heard of problems like this with user viewing inappropriate material on computers at ENMU. All the librarians can do is to try to make the individuals feel uncomfortable and hope they leave. To blame the librarians for this is absurd and irresponsible on your part. You would be better lobbing against the sites that produce the material. (As much good as that will do you.)
ReplyDeleteSo you should lay the blame on the people that are responsible for this problem. the kids and there parents.