All, here are the details on the ILA's propaganda to scare the public into crying out for help by taking potentially illegal action: "Open Letter to Illinois Legislators RE: HB 1727 and ILA Misinformation"
Posted on 05/11/2007 8:59:37 PM PDT by plan2succeed.org
In response to the Illinois House of Representatives passing House Bill 1727, the Illinois Library Association's Public Policy Committee met yesterday to determine the library community's response. .... The committee did, however, declare: Monday, 14 May 2007 is a day of unity for the Illinois library community to demonstrate our opposition to House Bill 1727, the mandatory public and school library Internet filter legislation. On Monday, 14 May, the committee recommends the following possible actions: .... 2. Turn off the Internet. If you proceed with this option, inform the public by posting signs in the library explaining why the Internet is turned off for the day.
(Excerpt) Read more at ila.org ...
How could a Library Association overlook the most important “Talking Point” of all — the right of library patrons to not have their right to surf gay porn infringed. Sheesh.
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO DIRECT ITS MEMBERS TO CUT OFF INTERNET ACCESS FOR A DAY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR PURELY POLITICAL REASON? And does this not demonstrate libraries are under library association control, not the local population’s control?
Toss their monkey arses in jail, see how the punks like it then.
Perhaps, but I want citations to laws or cases regarding this issue. Thanks.
Yes I can see where my constitutional rights are in danger should the local pederast not have online access to child pornography. Why no doubt the blessings of liberty secured by the Consitution are crumbling at this very moment because of internet filters.
Perhaps they should sew some banners, write a few strident marching songs. Preach a revolution. They could find some academics who can attest to the positive influence that ntergenerational sex has on youth looking for guidance and affection. Thank goodness the ILA and its master ALA is in the vanguard of this revolution.
But if they do, I sure hope they pay attention to the Constitutional amendment that really applies to this situation. The second amendment.
One of my closest friends is a librarian and has told me how she has to close porn windows etc. after a “patron” has used it. Yet she still considers it a free speech issue. Meanwhile, if I had an image like that on my computer at work, it would be a sexual harassment issue and I would be canned. Aren’t there any librarians who have self respect enough to ask for respect in their workplace like all the rest of their fellow citizens?
IMO libraries are for books; those heavy things made of dead trees. They should not be facilitators of public internet access.
Public libraries, operating on public tax money, are going to dent the public access to the internet? All those eBayers I see in the library are going to riot if this happens, and with good reason.
The librarians are protesting IN FAVOR of porn. Read the article.
The computers are the most crowded parts of the library. The books are disappearing. Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal wrote about this. Katie Couric then plagarized the story from him, accidentally, of course. Remember that? It was on this issue.
What? Where? Spell it out for me, please.
They’re protesting internet filters, are they not?
Yes I understand that. I am oppossed to their actions.
who’d have ever thought Marion the Librarian would become so stridently left ? They are trying to catch up with the NEA.
The Illinois Librarians May 14th protest was calculated to mislead the public. Under the guise of “educating” their patrons, librarians across Illinois parroted talking points directly from the radical left wing Illinois Library Association’s website in an effort to build opposition to pornography filters. Aside from the fact that librarians have no right to use public funds and facilities to wage a political protest, the public deserves the full story in order to fill in the gaps of these “talking points.”
Talking Point: If HB 1721 passes, libraries could be forced to discontinue Internet service. Fact: This is utter nonsense. Virtually 100% of the public libraries in the United States provide Internet access and 21 states have legislation similar to HB 1721. Obviously, Internet filtering legislation has not led to the loss of Internet access in public libraries.
Talking Point: Filters are too expensive. Fact: The cost of installing filters is offset by federal funding and actually saves taxpayers money in the long run. Poor/urban libraries gain the most federal funding once they filter.
Talking Point: Since filters aren’t perfect, librarians can’t “in good conscience” sign a pledge to follow this law because they don’t want to be held accountable if some pornography slips through. Fact: Librarians will be held accountable for utilizing the filters, not ensuring their perfection.
Talking Point: This law takes away local control. Fact: No, it doesn’t. Libraries get most of their revenue from local sources, not the state. This law only affects state funding. Libraries can choose to forego state funding if they really want to continue to provide access to Internet pornography. As it is, these libraries are already passing up federal funding for the same reason and passing the costs on to the taxpayers.
Talking Point: Filters are inflexible. Fact: No, they’re not. Incorrectly blocked sites can be easily unblocked.
Talking Point: Filters hurt the poor. Fact: Utilizing filters saves libraries an average of $17,000 per year in federal funding and libraries in poor areas are entitled to the greatest discounts. The fact is that NOT filtering hurts the poor.
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