I would have to agree that "babysitting" should not be a responsibility of the library employees. The basic problem, I believe, is society-wide, in that parents do not want the responsibility of raising their own kids, instead they want a societal environment created just for them, no matter what it may take away from adults. I would be a strong advocate of not letting a kid anywhere near a library computer unless accompanied by a parent and hold the parent responsible if "inappropriate content" is accessed and displayed.
But gee, I have not been to the Main L:library, since I was in high school and was on a field trip to see the Circus Exhibit. We are talking early 50's here :-) I live within the city limits, (two blocks from Loop 1604) but absolutely abhor ever having to make a trip (for any reason) downtown, a distance of 19 miles. I watch the river parades on TV! I recently attended a funeral at Sunset Memorial Park on Austin Hwy (40 miles) and another at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (44 miles) and that was trip enough. I can drive to Medina Lake in less time that it takes to drive downtown! :-) Playing the "for the children" card is a popular emotion when addressing most any social issue that may come up. Parental responsibility, is never addressed. On the other hand, it is quite possible that the computer-savvy kids, know far more about these "inappropriate" things than do the ignoramus or inattentive parents. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Porn in the Library | I suspect that's the policy in your local library not the system. When we | went to the library all three of us used to sign up. And at the main San | Antonio branch the children's computers are on a different floor. From what | I gather from talking to the librarians there, the supervision issue is | more a matter of they don't want to have to "babysit", or have to find the | parent if the kid *is* lookng at somethg inappropriate. They got to kow | that my kids did not present issues in either respect and supervision was | not an issue. | | Dana | | > > -----Original Message----- | > > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:12 AM | > > To: CF-Community | > > Subject: Re: Porn in the Library | > > | > > | > > Living is a fairly large city where the Library | > > Administrators had refused to install filtering, with the | > > reasoning that no child should be allowed to use Library | > > computers on the internet without parental supervision. They | > > have had a policy in effect for years now, refusing | > > unsupervised use of the internet by minors, requiring them to | > > be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a parent. | > > | > > Another reason was that less than 10% of the use of library | > > computers was by minors, and the remainder by adult users, | > > who do not require filtering. | > > | > > I suppose this ruling will mandate that they install the | > > filtering, even though they do not work as expected. Porn | > > Site operators are very busy detecting and circumventing any | > > filtering system in existence. You can tell this just by the | > > spam you receive. | > > | > > This also does nothing about the access from home, or the | > > porn sites actually owned and operated by minors. | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:59 AM | > > Subject: RE: Porn in the Library | > > | > > | > > | I'm in favor of the porn filters in the library as well. If | > > people are | > > | going to that then they are wasting the bandwidth. -Patrick | > > | | > > | >-----Original Message----- | > > | >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | >Subject: Re: Porn in the Library | > > | > | > > | > | > > | >nobody commented on this. Too many other topics, or does | > > nobody else | > > | >find this slightly troubling? | > > | > | > > | >Dana | > > | > | > > | | > > | | > > | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
