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[Jon Lebkowsky]

At 10:50 AM 6/30/97 -0700, David L. King wrote:
>> At 01:47 PM 6/27/97 -0700, Ronnie Morgan wrote:
>> >> But we haven't said we were against it.  I **AM** a free speech
advocate,
>> >> but I am **NOT** a porn pusher advocate, as some of you seem to be.
>> >Please allow me to apoligize for the above statement.  I *KNOW* that none
>> >of you are "porn pushers", it's just that, I never said I was not for free
>> >speech, and I don't like that the assumption was made.  So, I turned
around
>> >and did what was done to me, and it was wrong of me to do that.  
>
>> Ronnie, unfortunately I can't see how you can advocate the use of
>> filtering products in libraries, and at the same time assert that you
>> support free speech. The positions are contradictory.  
>
>What's so wierd about that? Your statement isn't logical - for example, I
>support freedom of religion, but probably wouldn't join a coven any time
>soon, or invite one (or any type of overtly religious activity) to the
>library. Same thing for freedom of speech/filtering products. I think it
>really depends on the library/community, etc.  

Ronnie's statement is more like saying, "I support freedom of religion, but
only for Baptists and Lutherans." 

>> So you mentioned that you have _The Joy of Sex_ in your stacks.  I assume
>> you don't want kids to see it...so what's your policy?  How do you make it
>> accessible for adults, but not for children?
>
>That's what many libraries did, I believe...

My question was not whether but how.
Jon Lebkowsky // jonl at onr.com

"The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society
outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." -- Justice
Stevens, Supreme Court Opinion in Reno v ACLU.