Re: SPECIAL REPORT: Censorware in the Stacks

[Tim May <tcmay@got.net>]

At 9:13 PM -0700 12/22/97, Paul Spirito wrote:

>It's true that in the absence of public libraries this would not be an
>issue; however, it is an example of the state acting as sovereign, not
>employer. We're concerned with the right of patrons to access material, &
>they are not state employees. The situation is analogous to a public park:
>just because the state owns it, does that mean it can forbid, say, criticism
>of the state in it? No, of course not, though it has broader discretion in
>limiting the speech of public employees in the park, while on-duty.

Well, to move this away from First Amendment issues, for the sake of
novelty, I know of several nearby state-owned parks (literally) which
forbid discharge of firearms or even carrying of firearms.

Whither the Second Amendment? (Or has it withered?)

--Tim May

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