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British Telecom Blocks Access to Child Porn Sites

An anonymous reader writes "British Telecom has taken the unprecedented step of blocking all illegal child pornography websites in a crackdown on abuse online. The decision by Britain's largest high-speed internet provider will lead to the first mass censorship of the web attempted in a Western democracy."

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  1. slippery slope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and first post, too

  2. AND WHY IS THIS BAD? by blindbat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell me why this is bad by defending child pornography and leave the cries of censorship out of it. There are worse things than censorship.

  3. Re:Blocking Child Porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave it to an anime freak to defend child pornography.

  4. The slipery slope? by DWXXV · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am fine with bocking child porn but what next? Will the block anti gov speach?

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  5. Re:Is this a good idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    On the other hand it is bad for slashdot, a child-porn haven and a primary destination for pathetic faggots

  6. Re:Blocking Child Porn by HBI · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course, once we identify what MLK actually did besides screw around on his wife a lot, (to truly Clintonesque proportions, mind you) - you can get back to me.

    Politicians give speeches every day and we don't have national holidays for them.

    Both JFK and Bobby got shot, and neither of them got holidays.

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  7. Re:Is this a good idea? by mog007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actully, the people that founded the United States didn't seek freedom of any kind, they were just sick of being taxed, and after they won independence they still kept slavery and sexist views. The Constitution is a good piece of literature, but it's only that, a piece of literature. When people make a piece of writing that's supposed to last through the years it has to look good and noble, and the people that wrote it are supposed to be view as benevolent, selfless people.

    If you plan on making a society that exists for sole freedom of others, make sure you view both sides of the fence, any discontinuty with your ideals and it'll all come crashing down.

  8. Re:Look at this discussion... by BasilBrush · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yeah right. That's why making murder illegal was such an insidious action. You start by making murder illegal and you gain momentum for restriction of liberty to do other things...

    /sarcasm

  9. Re:I hate to do it but... by superyooser · · Score: 0, Troll
    censorship is a slippery slope

    Condoning evil is also a slippery slope.