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Of course everyone has the right and responsibility to state their
thoughts and opinions. But what she is doing is playing with facts. She
is misrepresenting ideas. She is saying that because some libraries and
librarians do not believe in using filtering programs on their =
computers
that they are pushing pornography. That is the thing that is wrong.
Sharon Hamer
Hopkinton Middle/High School
88 Hayden Rowe Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
508-497-9820
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> From: Patricia Mathews[SMTP:mathews@ALEXIA.LIS.UIUC.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Dr L. and Letters
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> My point was that Dr. Laura did not actively seek out Toys R Us and
> ask
> them to stop helping the ALA. Isn't it Toys R Us' perogative to fund
> what
> and who they want? Sometimes I wonder if we are as tolerant of free
> speech as we would have everyone believe. Do others HAVE to agree
> with
> everything ALA does? Do you? Dr. Laura and those who agree with her
> have
> that right. They have the right to say things on a talk show if they
> want. We have the right to agree or disagre, to listen or not listen.
> It
> sound almost as if we are saying "let's censor Dr. Laura" because
> we're
> upset and don't agree and it's not fair..." I hope not, that would be
> incredibly dangerous.=20
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> Pat Mathews "The love of learning,
> Librarian the sequestered nooks,
> Dr. Howard Elementary School And all the sweet,
> 1117 W. Park Ave. serenity of books"
> Champaign, IL 61821 Longfellow
> (217)351-3866
> mathews@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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> On Fri, 14 May 1999, Gordon Riley wrote:
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> > >From American Libraries Online:
> > Toys=A1R=A2Us Cancels ALA Fund Negotiations, Cites Dr. Laura
> > After eight months of negotiations with ALA=A2s Fund for =
America=A2s
> Libraries to pay for the building of children=A2s reading rooms in
> public libraries across the United States, the Toys=A1R=A2Us toy =
store
> chain May 3 decided to cancel those plans as a result of Dr. Laura
> Schlessinger=A2s April 15 radio broadcast that portrayed librarians =
as
> promoting pornography and pedophilia: *Now the pedophiles know where
> to go,* she charged.=20
> > *Though a final figure had not been set, we thought we were very
> close to getting $250,000 for the first year,* Stuart Whitwell,
> associate director of the fund, told American Libraries, *and that it
> would raise as much as a million dollars over succeeding years.*
> Whitwell said it would have been the fund=A2s *biggest corporate =
deal*
> this year.=20
> > This story was updated May 11 to clarify Schlessinger=A2s
> accusations..=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Gordon Riley
> > Technical Services Librarian
> > The Mercersburg Academy
> > Mercersburg, PA
> > Gordon_riley@mercersburg.edu
> > The opinions expressed are my own!
> >=20
> > "It's all about sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it
> made." Former NFL Head Coach Monte Clark.
> >=20
> > >>> Patricia Mathews <mathews@ALEXIA.LIS.UIUC.EDU> 05/13 6:18 PM =
>>>
> > It is my understanding that Toys R US withdrew their support from
> ALA
> > before the whole Dr. Laura thing erupted - in other words, that it
> was an
> > independent decision. Just FYI.
> > Pat
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> > Pat Mathews "The love of learning,
> > Librarian the sequestered nooks,
> > Dr. Howard Elementary School And all the sweet,
> > 1117 W. Park Ave. serenity of books"
> > Champaign, IL 61821 Longfellow
> > (217)351-3866
> > mathews@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu=20
> >=20
> > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Mary Ludwick wrote:
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> > > I feel an unemotional letter to Toys R US is appropriate.
> > > Perhaps a letter to Colin Powell, if one is so inclined.
> > >
> > > Equally effective (perhaps more so) would be a letter/call to Dr.
> > > Laura's sponsors and the radio station broadcasting her =
show....In
> the
> > > Dallas market, Howard Stern was finally dropped when no sponsors
> were
> > > willing to pay for the show...
> > >
> > > BTW, on Monday she was CROWING with self importance because she
> had
> > > single handedly convinced Toys R US to drop the funding for the
> > > children's reading rooms....Rather sad to take joy in loss of =
book
> > > funding, I think..
> > > --
> > > Mary Croix Ludwick ludwick@swbell.net (home)
> > > ludwickm@lisd.net(school)
> > > Librarian, Owen Elem.,The Colony, Texas
> > > Lewisville ISD(north of Dallas) K-5
> > >
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