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Librarians Join the Fight Against The Patriot Act

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the uncle-sam-taking-our-rights dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article at the New York Times (free reg.) shows how lots of libraries are moving to destroy privacy related data as quickly as possible and still others have gone as far as posting signs and handing out leaflets to scare / educate their patrons."

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  1. Re:FP with T not NT by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    With your nickname I'd be the last one whipping around the term 'Dirty'.

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  2. How many people read "Libertarians join fight..." by krysith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How many people thought they saw "Libertarians join the fight against Patriot Act"?

    Like that would be news?

  3. Re:Round 1! Fight! by curtisk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    er...Fireball
    Uppercut
    Hurricane kick
    ?? Damn it's been a long time since i played Streetfighter...

    Shin-Shoryuken = New or True Shoryuken...ie. the super-combo uppercut

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  4. The obsolecense of libraries .... by adzoox · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Libraries have become nothing more than monuments to the community prominent.

    Do you really need multimillion dollar facilities to house books?

    I am the first to agree a book is better than a monitor screen, but it's time to get current and cut government costs. If books in libraries were distributed via network or if the libraries also offered community WiFi, wouldn't that be more useful, less costly?

    Our local community has raised taxes this year for the cost of 8 new libraries. There was nothing wrong with the old facilities. They just weren't ornate and weren't named after a politician or a prominent community figure. We now pay a "library fee" of $23 annually. Great, now I pay $23 so a local real estate mogul and a politician can appear to love children and get free advertising for their "ventures".

    To relate to the topic and segue:

    What these librarians don't understand is that they are not elected officials, they are GOVERNMENT PAID and are suppose to be unbiased in political opinion. I agree with their fight for non censorship, but most of the trash they are asking to "keep" shouldn't be there. Notice, I didn't say shouldn't be produced, I said should not be distributed in a forum where children under 21 are the main customer.

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  5. Re:Now you KNOW it's evil... by Capt.+DrunkenBum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am just glad I have my own library. Including many book that I am sure would raise an eyebrow somewhere... And that doesn't include my pr0n. :)

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