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Article #23Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn" (correction to previous post)
From: Margaret Sharon
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:18
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:18
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> Carl M. Kadie writes > > [Follow up to a newspaper article reposted to > > alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk, news.admin, et al. - Carl] > > > > The Toronto _Globe and Mail_ article says: > > > > >"I said it was not an issue of censorship," said Lionel Tolan, Simon > > >Fraser's director of academic computer services. > > ... > > >"It's the same as if somebody wants Playboy or Penthouse. We don't > > >have them in the university library. If somebody wants them they can go > > >to a bookstore and buy them. Anybody wants access to the sex groups > > >on the Internet, they can buy access through a local company." > > [...] > > > > Many (most?) academic libraries *do* subscribe to _Playboy_. Can > > some check if S.F. gets _Playboy_? Correction to my previous posting: SFU did subscribe to Playboy but doesn't anymore (as of sometime this year, if I read the catalogue entry correctly). -- Margaret M. Sharon, Academic Computing Services margaret@sfu.ca Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Canada V5A 1S6 604-291-4633
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Newsgroups: soc.libraries.talk Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!news From: margaret@sfu.ca (Margaret Sharon) Subject: Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn" (correction to previous post) Message-ID: <1992Jul29.151816.21951@sfu.ca> Sender: news@sfu.ca Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada References: <1992Jul29.145030.21597@sfu.ca> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:18:16 GMT Lines: 24