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Thanks to all of you who have replied directly and on the listserv. The = mail is about even for and against. This is not to solicit any more = votes, because I will be taking action. =20 For the last year I have sat quietly and let the people from Family = Friendly Libraries and Filtering Facts speak for all of us, while = retaining professional detachment. But this woman has just gone too far. = Like Captain Kirk said in the episode called A Dirty Little War, "If the = Klingons give their side guns, we give our side guns. If they give out = phasers, we give out phasers." or something to that effect. Dr. Laura is = obviously not interested in listening to reason, and she is playing dirty. = There is nothing else to do but match her, tit for tat. First of all, does anybody think for one minute that DL is so stupid she = thinks that ALA cares what the non-membership thinks? ALA is there to do = what the membership tell it to do, not to respond like an independent = agency, government office, or business. Prompting her people to call the = ALA President and express their opinion is a dirty trick designed to be = nothing more than a major nuisance. Secondly, linking a gift to children with issues in adult services, = causing needy children to lose out is nothing less hostage blackmail. = It's like she is holding a gun to the collective head of juvenile library = users everywhere and saying "One more step and I will shoot the kid." If = we want to oppose her, she is not going to take us on, she will just hurt = the children and say it is us that did it. Third, where does she get off saying ALA defends pornography? This is = propoganda worthy of Goebbels. Simplify a complex issue like defending = free speech by denying that pornography can be defined into that, it can't = be fought with reason. Fourth, listservs like alt.sex.bondage are full of professional people, = many of whom have only an intellectual interest in the issues discussed. = People who would be outraged at the ToysRUs thing, and would reply to DL = as concerned citizens and potential voters, most likely without mentioning = that they spend time online as dominatrixes or bondagers. And if in = addition to these messages she happens to get a few email attachments with = pictures of her head on a naked whipmarked model's body, too bad. Gordon Riley Technical Services Librarian The Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg, PA Gordon_riley@mercersburg.edu The opinions expressed are my own! "It's all about sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made." = Former NFL Head Coach Monte Clark. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 3) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=