A ban on pornographic Web sites at Monroe County libraries was adopted Wednesday, a move expected to preserve county funding for the Central Library of Rochester but leaves library leaders at odds over whether the decision is censorship. The two boards that oversee policies for the Central Library and the county library system were under threat of essentially having the Central Library shut down by County Executive Maggie Brooks over a long-held policy that had let adult patrons — upon request — unblock potentially inappropriate or pornographic Web sites. To satisfy [County Executive Maggie] Brooks and retain $6.6 million in county aid, the Monroe County Library System Board, over the objections of the Rochester Public Library board, approved a new policy recommended by a library task force formed in February.
The policy, which is expected to extend to all libraries in the county, calls for using the library's Internet filtering system to block all pornographic sites unless — after a written request — an administrator deems a site appropriate for a patron to view. But how the policy will be implemented and what librarians will deem pornographic remains unclear.
dear maggie,
it's not like i was using the first amendment anyway, so why not just toss it out the window because some people don't like the fact that porn is constitutionally protected material. this is the definition of a slippery slope (no pun intended). but if you're gonna throw out the first amendment, why stop there? i've been saying that the second amendment needs to go for years!
this all makes so much sense: cause it's librarians that should be deciding what is and isn't porn. talk about idiotic. oy, this whole thing makes me so mad i may actually increase the volume of my voice (which is the equivalent of someone else throwing a screaming fit). suffice to say maggie brooks is an idiot. sorry if that seems harsh mags, but there's no other way to put it...that is until you deem the use of the word idiot to be pornographic.
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