07-27-2007, 01:01 PM
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| Congressional Representative Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Gender:  Posts: 2,458 Points: 12,573, Level: 73 | Level up: 31%, 277 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by knot_e_lady  I think the whole point I was getting to was if they ban those sites, the gang-bangers would just naturally leave because that's the only reason they come to the library in the first place. | But is that justification for restricting access by adults? Quote: |
As for leaving my teenage sons there, we'll just agree to disagree. I think you have to start trusting your children about that age, and leaving them at a library or a mall or a movie theater is a good way to start. Obviously I would never leave my 5 year old there alone.
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So long as you are willing to accept responsibility for their actions while they are there and not hold the library or staff responsible if they come to harm or leave, that is fine.
And remember, if your sons can stay there unsupervised, so can the gang-bangers. I suspect if you spent a month or so in the shoes of the library staff, you would change your mind. Quote: |
I want the library to stay a safe place for EVERYBODY (another spot in the same newspaper talked about how the gang-bangers intimidate people to make them get off the computers).
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Hence my feeling that a security guard is probably a good idea whatever other steps are taken. Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.
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