Filtering Objectives

[HILLING at cua.edu]

Does it matter who is paying for it, obviously someone supports the idea 
and is willing to put their money were their mouth is.  People who 
support filtering such as the parental group in Virginia do so out of 
an honest, sincere belief that what they are doing is right (as do those 
who oppose them). To call them names is irresponsible.  It is the 
responsibility of the individual to assert his or her view in such a 
manner to convince others.  Resorting to belittling speech does not 
contribute to rational discourse.  

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Dan Lester wrote:

> At 10:05 PM 10/22/97 -0700, Filtering Facts wrote:
> >I wrote out a long response, but as I moved my finger to press the "send"
> >button, I just couldn't do it.  I was haunted by a vision.  A vision of
> >3,000 librarians sitting at their workstations opening their e-mail and
> >thinking "No, please, not again!"   And I just couldn't do it.
> 
> Thank you.  And I'll agree that discussion shouldn't be here.  
> 
> >You can always find folks on both sides of the issue willing to split just
> >about any philisophical hair related to filtering on FILT4LIB, though, and
> >nobody ever gets tired of it, including me.
> 
> I figured as much.  o-)
> 
> >David Burt, Filtering Facts, HTTP://WWW.FILTERINGFACTS.ORG
> >David_Burt at filteringfacts.org
> 
> A month or two ago you said you'd let us know how the above is financed.
> Is it personal?  Are there donations from an organization?  a church?  a
> political party or group?  I still haven't seen an answer, publicly or
> privately, and I'd still like to be able to take your word on this....but
> answering it would give some of us more cause to believe in you and your
> cause....or even your basic truthfulness.
> 
> This is said in all seriousness of purpose, and is not said to start a
> debate.  Why don't you just please answer the question?
> 
> thanks
> 
> dan
> 
> Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, Idaho 83716-7115 USA
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> Have you sent me a postcard of a library yet?  You'll get something nice in
> return.   
> In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.  Erasmus, 1534
> 
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