Library bans itself

Net Nanny strikes again. The Flesh Public Library in Ohio recently revamped its web sites — only to find that it now fell afoul of the filtering software on its own computers.

“We banned ourselves,” he said Thursday.

Oda said he never gave much thought to the library’s name — named 70 years ago for businessman Leo Flesh, who donated the money for the library’s current location. But Net Nanny, a filter the library uses on all the children’s department computers, did not care much for “flesh” linked to “public.”

“Growing up in Piqua, I don’t think we give it much thought,” Oda said. “But when I was in the service, my Mom — who worked at the library at the time — used to send care packages in these little plastic bags that said ‘Flesh Public Library.’ There was a whole group of Army guys who had a lot of fun with that.”


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