Library Pulls Plug On Internet Access


	Library Pulls Plug On Internet Access

haraya

12-4-2006 11:11 AM

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internet, web, library, porn, computer, technology, society, public, information

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12-4-2006 11:50 AM

coconutshell

Understandable....why don't libraries have "back-rooms" like in video stores for the adult stuff?

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