1999-02-01 09:00:00+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A week or three ago some negligent excuse for a mother sued the Livermore public library because the 12 year old she temporarily abandoned there used the library's net connection to access pictures of naked people. My faith in the world has been temporarily restored, the AP reports that Judge George C. Hernandez dismissed the suit without comment. Alas, lest we believe that common sense has prevailed, Michael Millen, the mother's lawyer, backed by the Pacific Justice Institute, has said that the case will be appealed.
The library's policy makes the Internet available to all patrons and leaves it up to parents to monitor their children.