Re: (Fwd) Porn and Public Access - Tx Telecom Jrnl (fwd)

[Kirsten Tozer <tozerk@cwu.edu>]

Sexual harassment may be a case of what offends any given person's
sensibilities.  In my department what I would consider to be pornographic
images have been left on the computer screens behind the active window so
that when we go around at night closing applications to shut the computers
down these images appear.  Some may consider this harassment.  I choose to
think of it (in this instance, at least) as juvenile humor.  I agree with
your statement that people harass, but I think your point is a semantic one
rather than ideological.



At 11:42 PM 4/8/97 -0500, Bill Michtom wrote:
>>>  (One library union rep also warns the Internet could cause 
>>>  sexual harassment of workers.)
>
>What?!?
>
>To paraphrase the NRA: The Internet doesn't sexually harass. *People*
>sexually harass.
>Does anyone know what the alleged reasoning is here?
>
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Kirsten Tozer
Documents Librarian
Central Washington University
tozerk@cwu.edu

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