From Surf to Surfing:How a NJ Court might rule on Filters & Libraries

[Linda Woods Hyman]

At 03:25 PM 7/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Thomas W. Perrin wrote:
>
>> The court in its opinion ruled that municipalities are free of
>> liability
>> if they provide no lifeguards at all, but do incur liability if there
>> is
>> "some conduct, no matter how minute, evidencing an intention to
>> supervise by way of monitoring."
>>
>> The parallels to the filter debate are very strong, and perhaps ought
>> to
>> be considered by those who would filter/censor.
>>
>
>So is the connection that we should elimate librarians from our library?
>I'm lost?

I think it means "swim at your own risk".  
Linda Woods Hyman
Pacific Bell Education First
Department of Educational Technology
San Diego State University
San Diego  CA  92182
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired