Some Ridiculous Pro-porn-in-the-library Arguments...

I’ve heard several ridiculous arguments for people that are pro-porn in our Public Libraries. Here are just a few:

• “What about the kids? Whatever - kids are going to find porn anyway. If they want to see it – they will.”
  
• This is horrible logic! And most people making this argument don’t even have kids! Kids might want to smoke and experiment with illegal drugs too, but that doesn’t mean that you should use taxpayer dollars to make an ample supply freely and anonymously available, without parental consent or even parental knowledge, to every kid that wants it. Just because kids might have another way to access pornography doesn't mean that we need to hand them this access on a silver platter – no strings attached – in our public libraries.
• What about kids involved on the other side of the camera? There have been several instances of patrons viewing child pornography in Public Libraries. (Perhaps they do this at the library instead of at home to avoid detection and remain anonymous). Child porn is ILLEGAL. In one of the more famous recent cases, a librarian in California was allegedly fired for turning a patron into the police after the second time that she caught that patron viewing child porn. For more information on this case, follow any of the below links:
• http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59457
• http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=dd56ad6b-043b-4a29-bca6-a5c069f214be
• http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/03/librarian-fired.html
• “What about those that don’t have the means to watch this elsewhere? Now you’re separating the ‘haves’ from the ‘have-nots.’”
  
• First of all, we need to consider the other side of this argument. What about those that don’t want to watch second-hand porn and don’t have the means to use the Internet elsewhere? By protecting open pornography use, you are forcing the patrons who don’t want to be in that environment to make the choice between porn-libraries or no Internet at all.
  
• Secondly, just because someone can’t afford pornography doesn’t mean that it’s the taxpayers’ responsibility to provide it. Voting is a Right. Owning land (that you can afford) is a Right. But viewing pornography is not an American-given Right.