Censorship absolutism: A contrarian position

[Phil Meyer]

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Burt, David wrote:

> 
> No, the economic factor isn't the slightest influence at all when it
> comes to deciding if it's a good idea to put Hustler next High-lites in
> the Children's Room.  I'll give you $20 if you can find a children's
> librarian who would buy Hustler for their collection given an unlimited
> budget.
> 
> There are some good arguments against filtering, but the "we would
> select *everything* if we only had the money" argument isn't one of
> them.
> 

There are some good arguments for filtering, but the "blocking internet 
sites is the same thing as material selection" argument isn't one of them. 

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