Help! Library Under Siege
Mark Kuhar (mkuhar@mail.ohio.net)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:35:55 -0500
Dear fellow Bananafishers.
This is a desperate call to anyone who can help this situation or knows
someone who can help this situation. The library system in Medina County,
Ohio is under siege by a group called Citizens for the Protection of
Children. They have organized, pooled money and even started a PAC to
prevent the passage of an operating levy that is needed to keep the
libraries open, all because the library offers free internet access on
public terminals, (and everyone knows all that horrible porno-graphy is
available to juveniles if there is free internet access) The library has
adopted a sane policy of politely policeing internet users, and asking
anyone to stop who is accessing X-rated sites. This has only happened a few
times anyway. But this is not enough for CPC. They want to take away all of
the great things the library offers because the library does not measure up
to their neo-Nazi standards of "decency." PLEASE if anyone has any
connections to any high-profile person or group who can pitch in and come
to the defense of the Medina County Library System, have them contact me,
or the library directly (ask for Bob Smith and tell him its urgent). His
number is 330-725-8604. Talk about banned books. CPC wants to ban whole
libraries. Help us stop this fascist assualt on freedom of information.