Open letter to Brock Meeks

[filteringfacts]

<forwarded letter of response from Brock Meeks>

As for debate, read the paragraph again... I'm not talking about 
*professional* debate; I'm talking about each library taking the debate to 
the public, to the people that pay their salaries and use their wonderful 
resources.

Have the librarians make their case to the public, not "preach to the 
choir" as it were. If the community they serve agrees that that filtering 
is not for them, so be it. But the debate should be with the public, as 
well as among professional.

David Burt:

Brock is exactly right here.  Public library service affects *all* Americans.  Therefore, the filtering debate should be given the widest possible audience, with the widest range of views included.  Most Americans *are not* aware of the pro-filtering librarian's side.  That's really the basis behind Filtering Facts in the first place.

David Burt, Filtering Facts, www.filteringfacts.org
David_Burt at filteringfacts.org