[livius]

Thank you, I'm sending this to her. It really grieves me when I think what most librarians really wanted to do and what they have to deal with now.

[plan2succeed.org]

Everyone knows someone like this I'll bet. Here's just one story I know.

A guy is busted in my local library for using the computers to pick up juveniles. Chat rooms. He gets banned for a little while. Note, librarians are against banning books but not banning people where the banning makes others think the ALA-type librarians care. Also note, no books are ever banned -- it's a big propaganda hit for the ALA though to say so.

Now the guy who's banned for using chat rooms to pick up kids, well a newspaper story comes out about him. The next town's library then gets a visit from this guy, and again he's using the chat rooms to contact children for sexual purposes.

A librarian recognizes him and tells the library director to call the police. The director says no, he has First Amendment rights.

She goes home and calls the police anonymously, who show up and resolve the situation - I don't recall how.

But now she fears for her job if they ever find out it was her. And she's angry she has to work with such people and frustrated she can't protect children -- from the library director's ALA-like actions!

True story. As I said, I'll bet everyone knows such librarians fearful of the ALA's wrath.