[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[Robert Balliot]

Just me and my father with the same name. I can still find personal attacks
from the blog
of a particularly nefarious local faction of the Democrat party. They also
put a
three foot long dead fish in the back of the Senior Center director's car to
make their point
with her - and she was the local chair of the party.

The idea that anyone can find out anything about anyone seems to be almost
irrelevant to
many folks under thirty.  Open Facebook and Myspace pages along with Twitter
pass
along all sorts of personal information. People engage in a myriad of
activities declaring all
of their interests.  Tracking software shows where you go and where you
might want to
go.  And, anyone who receives this e-mail through G-mail will most likely be
targeted with
key phrase ads relating to: politics, seniors, cars,  fish, party, and
software.

I have always enjoyed having the right to offer my opinion and will
continue.  I
am hopeful that twenty years from now my opinions will still be found on the
internet and
if I am still around, I will benefit from 20/20 hindsight.

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com










On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Lynne Ingersoll <
lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org> wrote:

>  Ok, I Googled myself.  I had to.  Found out there are quite a few other
> people with my name.  They are probably more interesting than me.  There
> were 778.000 hits.  I looked at the first 3 pages; I think 4 or 5 were
> actually me.  Nothing inflammatory or derogatory.  Well, maybe my Facebook
> photo, but it *is* actually me.  You just can’t do anything on the
> Internet without a sense of humor and fearlessness of consequences.  What’s
> the worst that could happen?  Somebody might not like what I say?  Oh
> dear…..
>
>
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
> Reference Services Manager
>
> Technical Services Manager
>
> Blue Island Public Library
>
> 2433 York Street
>
> Blue Island, IL 60406
>
> (708) 388-1078 x21
>
> (708) 388-9301 Fax
>
>
>
>
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