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Scott E. Post (spost@koptss03.delcoelect.com) wrote:
: I go to the public library once or twice a week and pick
: up 3 or 4 novels from the rack.  I find that a *VERY*
: large percentage of novels contain very graphic sex and
: violence.  I've never heard anyone talk about monitoring 
: their kids in a library.  How does this differ from
: Internet?  Why are we so concerned about children
: running across adult material on a computer or TV, but
: seem to ignore the other sources? Whether it's the
: Internet, a library, a video store, or TV, the message
: is the same - just a different medium.  

      First...

      In my friendly nieghbourhood library
      there are notices in the washrooms 
      for the kids NOT to pick up any needles
      they may find. See some junkies and crack
      addicts use the washrooms to shoot up. So
      I'd monitor my children very closely in
      any library in my neck of the woods.

      Second...

      The differance between the normal library
      and the various media on the Internet is
      that the author of book can't connect to
      our children directly, personally and 
      without considerable and highly inconvenient
      effort. The Internet allows instant and
      very easy contact between people.

      I don't think we want the next generation
      of children to be easily accessable to 
      every person who writes or reads anything
      here. Recall that 90% of the Internet
      traffic is in various forms of what some
      people call pornograohy. And that a small
      but significant percentage of that material
      is violent and degrading.

      This is an adult medium. Children must be
      always under parental guidance. No not the
      guidance or teachers or others - under the
      watchful eye of their parents or guardians.
      This is not for kids. 

      Bob Allisat