Comment Re:Library Computers (Score 1) 585
doesn't a publicly funded institution have a responsibility to protect children from offensive and degrading material?
such an institution may have this responsibility, but who gets to decide what is offensive and what isn't? as an example, some religions find it offensive for women to have uncovered skin almost anywhere. so according to that, all sites that show pictures of women's skin should be blocked. maybe this isn't the opinion of the majority of the people in this country, but why should we hold the morals of some groups above the morals of others? it must either block all or nothing, and my vote is nothing. imho, anything else is discriminatory.
such an institution may have this responsibility, but who gets to decide what is offensive and what isn't? as an example, some religions find it offensive for women to have uncovered skin almost anywhere. so according to that, all sites that show pictures of women's skin should be blocked. maybe this isn't the opinion of the majority of the people in this country, but why should we hold the morals of some groups above the morals of others? it must either block all or nothing, and my vote is nothing. imho, anything else is discriminatory.
