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[Lee Ann Nichols <leeann@CSN.NET>]

I am with you!!!

LeeAnn Nichols, Librarian
Peetz School, Peetz Colorado 80747
Caliche Jr/Sr High School, Iliff, Co 80736

On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Lachowsky, Richard wrote:

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> Date:          Tue, 12 Dec 1995 08:50:35 +600
> Subject:       Congress and the Internet
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> Sorry if this is an unpopular message, but I felt that I had to
> respond to all of the messages and protests against the work that
> Congress is doing on making pornography on the Internet illegal.  I
> strongly feel that something must be done to protect minors from
> access to undesirable materials.  The following is a quote from the
> ALA statement on this proposed legislation: "...will subject educators
> and librarians to criminal penalties for using the Internet and other
> electronic resources to perform core library and educational
> functions."  I would like to know how having access to pornography
> and pornographic materials can be considered a core library or
> educational function.  As school library professionals, the majority
> of our patrons are minors.  If it is illegal to provide them with
> pornographic magazines and movies, should it not also be illegal to
> provide them unrestricted access to the same materials through
> electronic means?
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> A large majority of children in the United States go home to empty
> houses without adult supervision, and therefore are placed in a
> situation where they must make their own choices.  We as educators
> are empowered to see to it that our children can and should make good
> moral decisions.  Why then, should we be made to subject these same
> children to immoral, unethical trash?
>
> We have children in our school who have been sold into child
> pornography.  There are also children across the US who are sold into
> pornography for monetary gain to buy illicit drugs, and to pay off
> drug debts.
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> Children today grow up too fast as it is.  Keeping them safe as long
> as possible is the duty of every educator.
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> Am I the only one who feels this way?  Are there others out there who
> are brave enough to publicly take a stand on this subject?
>
> I have receive support for this message by all the teachers in our
> school.  Please join us in standing up for decency in the United
> States.  Do it for our children.  Do it for our future!
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> Bearden Elementary/Middle Schools          | (501)687-3503  Middle S.
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