Saying no to porn sites from our library's home page

[Leo Robert Klein]

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 Hanan Cohen wrote:

>We don't want people to surf to porn sites but we also don't want to get
>into the censoring business. 
>So, I have put a link from our home page to "sex sites". Naturally, this
>is the first link people click. It links to a page saying : 
>"viewing nude pictures sould be done privately and 
>some people are offended by exposure to such material 
>so 
>surfing to porn sites from the library is forbidden.
>whoever is cought surfing porn sites will be asked to leave the library.
>
>What do you think about our strategy ?

I'm sorry but playing cutsey tricks like this on--I assume--adults is far
more egregious at least in my opinion than the viewing of any "nude
picture".  I mean, what must you have on your public lavatories?

Love and Peace,

Leo Robert Klein


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