A couple of curiousities came to mind while on my good ole "thinking" seat, first, should such a system be implemented, would the individuals contained within the system have the right to view, with no modification, their profile that exists within that sure to be massive profile? While I am no longer of that age group, I would surely be interested in what flags they have available. Also, since it is the child narc who is defining these flags, and bringing it to W.A.V.E. maintainers attention, here's a little example of undermining the system:
Lets say some fictional character was viewing a friend's spring break pictures where he or she were at the beach. No big deal, people in swimsuits, and so on. Now another character, who just happens to be a member of YMAP[1] sees women in swimsuits as pornographic material and jumps on the W.A.V.E. and has his profile flagged for pornography. No one would know the offense, as I doubt they keep exact records, rather a generic list of "symptoms." This character, who just wanted to see a friend's spring break, is now branded for life (or however far the db will keep the information available), as a pervert.
This system has a good idea, but its implementation is all wrong. Instead of taking the responsibility to narc on others, we should be policing ourselves with a little thing called common sense. Education instead of Censorship, Education instead of a complex system full of faults.
People argue that violence on television is a bad thing, or that portrayal of sex is a bad thing, so the soccer moms (stereotype) around the U.S. would rather have laws and just say something is illegal, instead of taking the time, sitting down, and actually explaining their child's options.
[1]: Young Men Against Pornography, note the "Porn Kills" banner at the bottom of the page that links to a woman in a swimsuit. And yes, I thought it was a joke too.
The use of that phrase just reminded me of something from years back. I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but I do recall reading a book somewhere in my middle-school years long ago. It was entitled, coincidentally, "The Wave", and described a teacher's project to explain the psychological conditioning used in Nazi Germany by using a real life recreation, which eventually got out of hand to a violent extreme. Could this just be a strange coincidence that they chose that acronym? Hrmph, gotta find myself a copy of that book again.
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A couple of curiousities came to mind while on my good ole "thinking" seat, first, should such a system be implemented, would the individuals contained within the system have the right to view, with no modification, their profile that exists within that sure to be massive profile? While I am no longer of that age group, I would surely be interested in what flags they have available. Also, since it is the child narc who is defining these flags, and bringing it to W.A.V.E. maintainers attention, here's a little example of undermining the system:
Lets say some fictional character was viewing a friend's spring break pictures where he or she were at the beach. No big deal, people in swimsuits, and so on. Now another character, who just happens to be a member of YMAP[1] sees women in swimsuits as pornographic material and jumps on the W.A.V.E. and has his profile flagged for pornography. No one would know the offense, as I doubt they keep exact records, rather a generic list of "symptoms." This character, who just wanted to see a friend's spring break, is now branded for life (or however far the db will keep the information available), as a pervert.
This system has a good idea, but its implementation is all wrong. Instead of taking the responsibility to narc on others, we should be policing ourselves with a little thing called common sense. Education instead of Censorship, Education instead of a complex system full of faults.
People argue that violence on television is a bad thing, or that portrayal of sex is a bad thing, so the soccer moms (stereotype) around the U.S. would rather have laws and just say something is illegal, instead of taking the time, sitting down, and actually explaining their child's options.
[1]: Young Men Against Pornography, note the "Porn Kills" banner at the bottom of the page that links to a woman in a swimsuit. And yes, I thought it was a joke too.
The use of that phrase just reminded me of something from years back. I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but I do recall reading a book somewhere in my middle-school years long ago. It was entitled, coincidentally, "The Wave", and described a teacher's project to explain the psychological conditioning used in Nazi Germany by using a real life recreation, which eventually got out of hand to a violent extreme. Could this just be a strange coincidence that they chose that acronym? Hrmph, gotta find myself a copy of that book again.