> > Has any English class in American High Schools
> > included a book on Gay and Lesbian issues in their list
> > of required reading?
>
> Mine did.
I suppose a better question is,'Have any English classes in American High
Schools NOT included a book on Gay and Lesbian issues in their required
reading classes?'
> The problem here is that I've heard that filtering software
> often contains the biases of the groups who support/wrote it
I think these arguments are true for old, software-based filtering
technology that the industry is familiar with. However, over the past six
years technology has developed to include filtering that is
URL-specific. URL-specific technology allows the freedom of choice. If a
site about breast cancer has been blocked, the ability to find that URL
within the software (or add it) and un-block it is the type of technology
I'm talking about. This is the type of filtering technology that takes the
control away from the software company, and gives it back to the librarian
and school board.
http://www.n2h2.com/solutions/
Jen
> also often blocks sites containing words deemed
> inappropriate --
> -- there's blocking software out there that blocks sites
> such as that of the ACLU and the democratic party -- that's
> information that (hopefully) wouldn't be forbidden to users
> of public/school libraries. In addition, filtering software
> also often blocks sites containing words deemed
> inappropriate -- this leads to blocking of sites about
> sexual abuse, breast cancer, etc, etc. So yes, this is
> indeed different from the censorship that already
> (unfortunately) exists in our libraries/schools.
On 16 Jan 2001, Kristin M. Fitzsimmons wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:57:39 -0800 (PST) Jen Hamilton
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Has any English class in American High Schools
> > included a book on Gay and Lesbian issues in their list
> > of required reading?
>
> Mine did.
>
> > Do you really believe that
> > filtering the internet is any different than the current
> > censorship with which libraries and schools are already
> > plagued? There is filtering software that allows each
> > individual library and school the ability to decide what
> > is and isn't filtered. At some point, _someone_ decides
> > what materials are allowed through the library doors.
>
> The problem here is that I've heard that filtering software
> often contains the biases of the groups who support/wrote it
> -- there's blocking software out there that blocks sites
> such as that of the ACLU and the democratic party -- that's
> information that (hopefully) wouldn't be forbidden to users
> of public/school libraries. In addition, filtering software
> also often blocks sites containing words deemed
> inappropriate -- this leads to blocking of sites about
> sexual abuse, breast cancer, etc, etc. So yes, this is
> indeed different from the censorship that already
> (unfortunately) exists in our libraries/schools.
>
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