Name them and Shame them

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QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers — name them and shame them.

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.

Library director Ann McLaughlin tells The Patriot Ledger that using library computers to access porn is against policy, and violators are given two warnings before they are banned. She says she's not sure publicly naming violators would work.

Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

Good idea?
 
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers — name them and shame them.

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.

Library director Ann McLaughlin tells The Patriot Ledger that using library computers to access porn is against policy, and violators are given two warnings before they are banned. She says she's not sure publicly naming violators would work.

Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

Good idea?

Bad idea to make a public of ANY viewing of the clients at a public library, I think.

It's an invasion of people's privacy.

If I want to view pictures of guns so I can get HOT, what business is it of the publics?
 
It is a PUBLIC computer. There is no expectation of privacy. Porn viewing is forbidden and these creeps broke the rules.

I think shame is a very effective deterrent. A few examples and the problem would be solved in a week.
 
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers — name them and shame them.

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.

Library director Ann McLaughlin tells The Patriot Ledger that using library computers to access porn is against policy, and violators are given two warnings before they are banned. She says she's not sure publicly naming violators would work.

Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

Good idea?

I say... what the heck .. why not...

It would cut down on sticky books at the same time..:eusa_whistle:
 
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers — name them and shame them.

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.

Library director Ann McLaughlin tells The Patriot Ledger that using library computers to access porn is against policy, and violators are given two warnings before they are banned. She says she's not sure publicly naming violators would work.

Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

Good idea?

Bad idea to make a public of ANY viewing of the clients at a public library, I think.

It's an invasion of people's privacy.

If I want to view pictures of guns so I can get HOT, what business is it of the publics?

One does NOT have an expectation of privacy when one is breaking the law or the established rules. So much for that argument. It is against policy and rules to view certain sites on Public Library computers. If you chose to violate those rules the library has every right to publish your name as a violator.
 
It is a PUBLIC computer. There is no expectation of privacy. Porn viewing is forbidden and these creeps broke the rules.

I think shame is a very effective deterrent. A few examples and the problem would be solved in a week.


One assumes that anything that one can view on a PUBLIC computer can not be illegal.

And if it is NOT illegal, then really... what right does the library have to publically announce what people are viewing??

Does that mean the library has the right to publically announce what we are reading, too?

Like I said before, if I happen to get a licivous pleasure viewing pictures of GUNS or COWS, what right has the library to announce my interests to the public?

I thought youse guys were all about INDIVIDAL PRIVACY AND PERSONAL FREEDOMS?

Or, are you telling us that you think the GOVERNMENT has the right to invade your privacy if they don't LIKE what you are interested in?

Where do you draw the line, exactly?
 
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Bad idea to make a public of ANY viewing of the clients at a public library, I think.

It's an invasion of people's privacy.

If I want to view pictures of guns so I can get HOT, what business is it of the publics?

One does NOT have an expectation of privacy when one is breaking the law or the established rules. So much for that argument. It is against policy and rules to view certain sites on Public Library computers. If you chose to violate those rules the library has every right to publish your name as a violator.

Well.. perhaps if they only listed suspected conservatives.. it wouldn't be considered an invasion of privacy...:lol:
 
It is a PUBLIC computer. There is no expectation of privacy. Porn viewing is forbidden and these creeps broke the rules.

I think shame is a very effective deterrent. A few examples and the problem would be solved in a week.


One assumes that anything that one can view on a PUBLIC computer can no be illegal.

And if it is NOT illegal, then really, what right does the library have to public announce what people are viewing?

Like I said before, if I happen to get a lecisously pleasure viewing pictures of Guns or COWS, what right has the library to announce my predilections to the public?



I thought youse guys were all about INDIVIDAL PRIVACY AND PERSONAL FREEDOM?

Or are you telling us that you think the GOVERNMENT has the right to invade your privacy if they don't LIKE what you are interested in?

Where do you draw the line, exactly?

Creating non existent protections is not enabling Government protection or lack there of. It is against the law in some States and it is against the POSTED rules in the others. One does NOT have an expectation of privacy while breaking the law or violating listed established rules at a public facility.
 
It is a PUBLIC computer. There is no expectation of privacy. Porn viewing is forbidden and these creeps broke the rules.

I think shame is a very effective deterrent. A few examples and the problem would be solved in a week.


One assumes that anything that one can view on a PUBLIC computer can not be illegal.

And if it is NOT illegal, then really... what right does the library have to publically announce what people are viewing??

Does that mean the library has the right to publically announce what we are reading, too?

Like I said before, if I happen to get a licivous pleasure viewing pictures of GUNS or COWS, what right has the library to announce my interests to the public?

I thought youse guys were all about INDIVIDAL PRIVACY AND PERSONAL FREEDOMS?

Or, are you telling us that you think the GOVERNMENT has the right to invade your privacy if they don't LIKE what you are interested in?

Where do you draw the line, exactly?

Assumptions do not negate laws or established rules. Assuming that one can view porn on a public library where it is forbidden does not negate the fact it is not allowed nor does it magically reinstate privacy issues.
 
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers — name them and shame them.

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.

Library director Ann McLaughlin tells The Patriot Ledger that using library computers to access porn is against policy, and violators are given two warnings before they are banned. She says she's not sure publicly naming violators would work.

Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

Good idea?


Just take a few out and stone them in public, the other porn watchers at the library will witness the stoning and all of a sudden problem solved, libraries go back to boring and quiet places :razz::lol::razz::lol:


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seems like an invasion of privacy, and an over reach of gvt. to me...

Democrats crack me up... first they want to give the government the power to make you drop your drawers.. then bend over and cough, then they show concern over invasion of privacy..
 
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I'm a fan of scarlet letters for convicted drunk drivers and pedophiles.

Our local library is turning into "thug central". On some days it looks like a Philadelphia polling place. lol Naively, I thought these young stoners and gangstas were hanging there to do their homework. How wonderful!

Silly chanel.

Whenever I log onto Wifi on an unsecured network, it says "your information can be viewed by a third party", and I say "who cares?" If you don't want others to know what you're looking at, buy a magazine and jerk off at home.
 
seems like an invasion of privacy, and an over reach of gvt. to me...

Democrats crack me up... first they want to give the government the power to make you drop your drawers.. then bend over and cough, then they show concern over invasion of privacy..

yeah, well, when you can show me giving gvt the power to make us drp our drawers and then bend over and cough....you could have a point there.....

care
 
seems like an invasion of privacy, and an over reach of gvt. to me...

Democrats crack me up... first they want to give the government the power to make you drop your drawers.. then bend over and cough, then they show concern over invasion on privacy..

porn is differerent

Well.. I suppose.. perhaps Obama will show outrage and write an Executive Order forbidding it. He will need the porn vote after all.
 
seems like an invasion of privacy, and an over reach of gvt. to me...

Democrats crack me up... first they want to give the government the power to make you drop your drawers.. then bend over and cough, then they show concern over invasion of privacy..

yeah, well, when you can show me giving gvt the power to make us drp our drawers and then bend over and cough....you could have a point there.....

care

Trust me... it's in the Health Care Bill....:rolleyes:
 
It is a PUBLIC computer. There is no expectation of privacy. Porn viewing is forbidden and these creeps broke the rules.

I think shame is a very effective deterrent. A few examples and the problem would be solved in a week.

this i believe is accurate....

but i could be wrong, the laws relating to internet privacy are fairly new and changes with some rapidity
 

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