Fun_People Archive
4 Jun
Conspicuous Absence in Washington

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 96 16:58:06 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Conspicuous Absence in Washington

Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
Forwarded-by: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene "Chief Yuckster" Spafford)
Forwarded-by: raymondc@microsoft.com (Raymond Chen)

I heard on the radio a report on a library in Washington State which has
enacted new policies on behavior not permitted.  I didn't get the complete
list, but items I caught included

    sleeping
    bathing
    indecently exposing oneself to another patron in the stacks
    illegal sexual activities

More interesting than the list itself is the thought of what *isn't* on
the list.  Is it okay to expose oneself to another patron in the
magazine area?  What about sexual intercourse between consenting adults?
(Maybe they placed the Kama Sutra in non-circulating reference...)

© 1996 Peter Langston