Library Lawsuit

[Bob Cherry]

At 03:56 PM 6/1/98 -0700, John Riffe wrote:
>Try and tell that to a patron who is irate because their child can see the
>"filth and pornography" on the Internet at the library. I doubt very
>seriously if that parent is going to believe you because hear about
>all the different filtering software that is available and want their
>local library to install it.

Ah, the files and trash didn't just pop up in front of the child.  The
thing to always keep in mind is that the child had to:
  1.  Search it out
  2.  Explicitly download it.

When did actions of people become other peoples responsibility.  This
should be addressed as a matter of decipline between the patron and
their child -- not the libraries.

Bob Cherry
Internet Network Consultant