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Public Filtering Comin' Like a Freight Train
MSNBC has a
good story
about the filtering bill which will almost certainly soon pass.
"It's curious that Republicans - typically fans of decentralized
government - would be interested in this bill, which puts an
educational decision into the hands of the federal government, a power
that typically rests in the hands of the locals. It would essentially
hold schools and libraries that use subsidies to get online (25,000 to
date, according to the Web site of the company that runs the program
for the government) hostage to the notion that filtering weeds out all
evil on the Net."
Well said. Welcome to the 21st century, where all public institutions will be censored by unaccountable corporations.
Given the availability of home computers, I think most porn surfers are going to do it at home, or at the friends' house where there is a computer.
I think it's like kids playing with guns. You may not own one, but the neighbor's kid always does.
Teach your kid good values, and you won't have to worry. As much.