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[David Merchant]

Again, both sides of this debate are guilty of "holier-than-thou"
attitudes.  Both the ALA and the Pro-Filter factions.  Both sides have good
points, if we can dig them out of the mud and muck that each side is
wallowing in.  But unfortunately, some act as if their view/side/etc is
"without sin" and are casting stones left and right.  And every list seems
to have a person or two that just seem to get thier jollies by shocking
people.  Gets them attention, makes them feel important, maybe, don't know.
 All I know is that you can't talk to them because they aren't interested
in talk, in real debate, only in inflamming, shocking.  Whether we like to
admit it or not, this is a complicated issue, with no simple solutions, and
is, I feel, a fairly appropriate topic for a honest, mature
discussion/debate on this list.  I repeat my earlier plea, can we debate
this without grandstanding, without preaching from a pulpit, without name
calling, without making hasty assumptions?  And can we realize that someone
can be _honestly_ on the opposite side of us, that they are not devils and
demons (they may actually honest believe what they belive, even if
misguided they can be honestly misguided and attacking them won't help them
see the err of their ways but actually backfire on you)?  

TTFN,
David Merchant
Systems Librarian, Louisiana Tech University 
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"Christ never ever condemned a sinner, but he did condem those that acted
holier-than-thou."
I apologize, again, if I stayed into the holier-than-thou area.