Worse yet, librarian- cops aren't required to disable the filters for such adults, only permitted. More than 90 percent of public libraries already have policies setting acceptable usages, developed over the years by local parents, library boards and professional librarians. This law undoes years of careful negotiations and compromise around the country and eliminates parental or community discretion. It allows the federal government, with international corporations as their hired agent, to dictate what is and is not available in city and county libraries. It is extraordinarily difficult to access porn in public libraries, and librarians say that practically no one does it.
Censorship warps young minds far more than pictures of sex, no matter how extreme.
We seem to believe that emotional security lies with just one more law, or one new invention. Or with a little more money. But life just doesn't work that way. As we look at dark regimes around the globe, Americans criticize problem-solving that reduces information or freedom. American children deserve the same respect that we give kids in dictatorial nations that we're trying to enlighten.