Why haven’t men been reported?

Why haven’t men been reported?

Recently, you featured articles on two men who look at pornographic websites at the Oak Park Library and have quoted school officials to the effect that the First Amendment bars us from doing anything about it.

Given that my third-grader is being given algebra problems, but is not being taught to memorize multiplication tables, our district officials should focus on implementing tried and true teaching methods rather than purporting to interpret our constitution. I do not understand why the school district has not reported these men to the District Attorney, given their reported exhibition of obscene materials within view of minors and the concomitant threat to our children, so that the District Attorney can investigate these men and decide if any crime has been committed.

However, there also is much that we, as citizens and parents, can do on our own. We can exercise our own rights and take photographs of the men who are viewing the porn in front of our children. We might be able to get a local paper to publish their pictures so concerned citizens can tell these men what we think of them when we see them in public. We might be able to find out where they live, and if they are young men supported by parents, we might be able to interest their parents in what they are doing with their free time.

We might be able to find out where they work and visit their employer to see if the employer is willing to provide them with a company computer with which to view porn. If not, we can exercise our First Amendment rights to protest in front of the employer’s place of business or to contact its vendors or customers if it is not a retail establishment. In short, we may be able to put a stop to this without relying on the school district officials to do their job.

Kenneth W. Kossoff

Oak Park