LM_NET: Library Media Networking
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Tom Whipple wrote:
> I'd sure appreciate it if you would post all these "rank" url's you seem =
> to be so familiar with. I've been using the internet for seven years and =
> no one has made be view or read anything that I did not go looking for. =
> Of course, that doesn't mean that horrible things are not there. I'm =
> sure that it would be a great boon to all of us who are guiding children =
> through the net if you would send us a list specific resources to watch =
> out for.
>
>
> tom whipple
> whittier elementary
>
The ALA literature on censorship says that labeling is a form of
censorship. Like putting "Controversial Materials" over a shelf of
materials. A list of specific sources that are no-nos is a no-no, and I
hope nobody is compiling one. Edna Boardman, Minot, ND
> ----------
> From: Bill Wallace[SMTP:mds@RT66.COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 1996 7:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list LM_NET
> Subject: Burger King Mentality
>
> The signing of the communications bill once again brings out the
> BURGER KING MENTALITY. If I cannot have it my way, then it is wrong,
> unconstitutional, or evil.
> The communications bill has surely opened up a huge can of =
> worms.
> But here is my two cents worth on the subject. It doesn't take a rocket
> scientist to be able to judge the difference between the Fetish home =
> page
> and art on the Louvre home page. Granted that there are many other =
> sources
> of text and graphics that have much less clear lines to make a =
> judgement.
> But society does have a right to say enough is enough. One of =
> the
> increasing problems of a larger and larger population is that greater
> restrictions are bound to come. The only other course (in my opinion) is
> increased anarchy. The world is not BURGER KING. Everyone cannot have it
> THEIR WAY. At some point a consenus of what is accepted must be reached.
> It is quite possible that a Home page of worth either artisic or
> intellectual substance may be lost. But if it gets rid of 90% of rank =
> porn
> of the net, society and children will be better off.
> Bill Wallace
> Cybrarian
> Manzano Day School
> Albuquerque, NM
> mds@rt66.com
>
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