More on Library Porn

Jack Kemp

Last week the NY Post investigated porn viewing at New York libraries, even attempting to interview one such "patron and seeker of knowledge." The websites I write for don't pay me enough for me to seek such interviews.

Here is a link to their article and a small, significant quote on the abdication of responsibility to protect our young people:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/porn_ok_at_city_libraries_hSqZExlZstWZIzeNX47VCM#ixzz1KXV92IzK

If localities want to further restrict viewing, they must specifically enact a policy, although the move almost certainly brings with it legal challenges.

But even with the filters, anyone 17 or older can turn them off and troll for whatever sexual content floats their boat -- no matter how deviant.

"The library cannot and does not guarantee that the filtering software will block all obscenity, child pornography or materials that are harmful to minors," the policy says.

Library officials and civil libertarians say it's a free-speech issue.

"In deference to the First Amendment protecting freedom of speech, theNew York Public Library cannot prevent adult patrons from accessing adult content that is legal," said New York Public Library spokeswoman Angela Montefinise.