I fail to see how else a computer can make accurate distinctions between, for example, a medical site about human sexuality with sexually explicit images and a porn site.
I, for one, don't want my child having unrestricted access to information on human sexuality regardless of whether it comes from a medical site or Hustler-on-line. If my child feels he needs access to such material, he can make his case to me. I don't need some public facility - least of all, the public schools - undercutting my parental rights.
I don't know what planet you guys live on, but in my experience very few 14 year olds have the maturity to properly process and control their sexual urges; allowing them unfettered access to pornography does very little to help them sort it out.
Censorware when done right should impose the same level of censorship that we apply to everyday life. You can go to a library and... find books on abortion [et al]... but you won't find the latest issue of Hustler.
And if the local public library ever started carrying Hustler heads would roll. But not, apparently, if it's displayed on a CRT.
So what these censorship paranoia freaks are trying to tell me is that I can expend superhuman effort to prevent my kids accessing objectionable material at home but - hey - now he can just pedal on down to the local library and access it free there, on equipment paid for by my own tax dollars.
And they're telling me I should just sit down and shut up - it's good for him.
Is this what passes for common sense in western culture these days? Sheesh!
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I, for one, don't want my child having unrestricted access to information on human sexuality regardless of whether it comes from a medical site or Hustler-on-line. If my child feels he needs access to such material, he can make his case to me. I don't need some public facility - least of all, the public schools - undercutting my parental rights.
I don't know what planet you guys live on, but in my experience very few 14 year olds have the maturity to properly process and control their sexual urges; allowing them unfettered access to pornography does very little to help them sort it out.
Censorware when done right should impose the same level of censorship that we apply to everyday life. You can go to a library and ... find books on abortion [et al] ... but you won't find the latest issue of Hustler.
And if the local public library ever started carrying Hustler heads would roll. But not, apparently, if it's displayed on a CRT.
So what these censorship paranoia freaks are trying to tell me is that I can expend superhuman effort to prevent my kids accessing objectionable material at home but - hey - now he can just pedal on down to the local library and access it free there, on equipment paid for by my own tax dollars.
And they're telling me I should just sit down and shut up - it's good for him.
Is this what passes for common sense in western culture these days? Sheesh!
I think you provided your own example.
I could report on my own first-hand experiences with pornography as a neo-pubescent, but exchanging personal anecdotal testimonies will prove nothing.
Let me counter-challenge: can you provide evidence that exposing minors to pornography is beneficial to minors and/or society?