[WEB4LIB] Report Uncovers Epidemic of Children Viewing P

[CMUNSON]

     I was wondering when David Burt would rear his ugly head again on this 
     list. It seems that our wait wasn't a long one.
     
     Burt continues to be an embarassment to the library profession and it 
     is clear that he hold the principles of our profession in contempt as 
     he strengthens his alliances with extremist groups that are opposed to 
     free speech. Enough is Enough is an organization that opposes free 
     sepeech rights and the Family Research Council is an organization that 
     opposes human rights for gay people.
     
     It is also laugable that Burt claims to be interested in "protecting" 
     children when he holds their free speech rights and rights to 
     self-determination in such low regard. Burt is an advocate of age 
     discrimination and I hope that more than one teenager calls him on 
     this.
     
     It's also disturbing that because his side is losing court cases, Burt 
     and his ilk have once again resorted to a coercive legislative attack 
     on us. Burt's ideas are losing in the court of public opinion so he 
     has decided to get the government to ram his ideology down our 
     throats.
     
     That folks, is tyranny and fascism, We are obligated as lovers of free 
     speech to resist this in every way possible.
     
     I think it's time that Burt stop his puritanical crusade against the 
     rights of children and find something better to do with his life.
     
     <rant off>
     
     Chuck0
     Editor
     Alternative Press Review


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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Report Uncovers Epidemic of Children Viewing Porn 
Author:  Filtering Facts <burt at northwest.com> at Internet
Date:    3/3/99 8:38 PM


     
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 2, 1999
     
Contact: David Burt
David_Burt at filteringfacts.org
503 635-7048
     
Washington, D.C. -- The problem of children and adults accessing pornography 
in public libraries is far worse than organizations such as the American 
Library Association have led Americans to believe, a new report shows.
     
Filtering Facts, a librarian organization that promotes the protection of 
children in public libraries, today released a report entitled "Dangerous 
Access" that documents 503 incidents of patrons accessing pornography in 
public libraries. The report was released at a Washington D.C. press 
conference with Rep. Bob Franks, Enough is Enough, the Family Research 
Council, the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, 
the National Law Center, and Filtering Facts. The press conference was to 
support H.R. 368, a bill that requires filtering software on terminals 
accessible to children in schools and libraries.
     
Children were involved in 245 of the incidents, and 20 involved child 
pornography. Among the incidents uncovered were adults deliberately exposing 
children to pornography, a molestation, and several attempted molestations. 
The 94-page report is available on-line at 
http://www.filteringfacts.org/da-main.htm A 578-page version can be ordered 
from Filtering Facts (see below).
     
The report documents 195 incidents of children accessing pornography, at an 
average age of 12-years-old. The American Library Association, however, 
continues to deny that any problem even exists. Ann Symons, president of the 
ALA, recently said, "The whole issue of protecting children has been blown 
way out of proportion by the media and those who seek to promote their own 
agendas." ALA's main recommendation to libraries has been that they install 
"privacy screens" to prevent others from seeing what children and adults are 
viewing.
     
"Not only is ALA denying there is a problem, but their advice to libraries 
is to cover up the problem by installing privacy screens", said Filtering 
Facts president David Burt. "They want public libraries to literally create 
peep show booths for children, except there's no slot for quarters because 
taxpayers have already paid the quarter."
     
To obtain a bound 578-page bound copy of "Dangerous Access", including 
photocopies of all original library incident reports included in the report, 
send a check or money order for $40 to:
     
Filtering Facts
210 S. State Street, Suite 7
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
     
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David Burt      President, Filtering Facts
Website:        http://www.filteringfacts.org 
E-Mail:         David_Burt at filteringfacts.org 
Phone/Fax:      503 635-7048
     
     
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David Burt      President, Filtering Facts
Website:        http://www.filteringfacts.org 
E-Mail:         David_Burt at filteringfacts.org 
Phone/Fax:      503 635-7048