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To: Lane3 who wrote (49312)	6/6/2002 4:30:17 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

There is no question at all that libraries should make "reasonable attempts to structure public access so that children are not placed in harms way." Are you assuming that access to pornography places children "in harms way"? If so, on what basis do you make that claim?

To: Lane3 who wrote (49312)	6/6/2002 4:35:20 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

"The only difference of opinion you and I have, best I can tell, is what the federal role in this is. I say little or none, preferably none." My only point is that I see it as the Libraries responsibility to control resources under their domain and to have a role in "checking out" resources. Once that can be established, the secondary role of providing reasonable safe guards for children should be addressed. In your earlier scenario you mentioned that visitors can bring all kinds of harmful things into the environment. I agree. A sexual predator will not be detected no matter what kind of metal detectors etc you place at the entrance. However if the librarian knows of a particularly dangerous and likely method for the predator to perpetrate a molestation inside the library, most of us would agree that there is some responsibility for the librarian to provide safeguards. Most people would not object to legislation that supports this type of protection. The only difference that I can see in the internet is that people are feeling too overwhelmed with it to deal with it. Are we being colonized by internet culture?