Agreed Corperate censorship is scary as hell. The fact that a movie has to get an R (or lower) rating inorder to have a prayer of making money is scary. But in this case I don't think ACLU is backing a corperate solution, instead they are saying that a number of solutions exist without government intervention. If that means that a parent lodes cybersitter, or if they just go into their browser and put a bunch of sites on the banned list.
The argument that you would rather the government be the censor than some company is fine but how about not giving up the fight so easy. How about we let parents decide what their children see, if they don't like violent movies they can keep their kids away, if they think that porn is bad they can monitor their childrens net usage. It isn't about choosing the lesser of evils, it is about keeping the choices in the hands of the individuals not a company or government.
Nope the COPA went to far article is just old news. The new news is that the government is trying to fight aginst the ACLU's argument by finding people who dislike censorware to argue that since censorware doesn't work we should amend the consituion to say, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This protection does not extend to the internet.
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Agreed Corperate censorship is scary as hell. The fact that a movie has to get an R (or lower) rating inorder to have a prayer of making money is scary. But in this case I don't think ACLU is backing a corperate solution, instead they are saying that a number of solutions exist without government intervention. If that means that a parent lodes cybersitter, or if they just go into their browser and put a bunch of sites on the banned list.
The argument that you would rather the government be the censor than some company is fine but how about not giving up the fight so easy. How about we let parents decide what their children see, if they don't like violent movies they can keep their kids away, if they think that porn is bad they can monitor their childrens net usage. It isn't about choosing the lesser of evils, it is about keeping the choices in the hands of the individuals not a company or government.
Nope the COPA went to far article is just old news. The new news is that the government is trying to fight aginst the ACLU's argument by finding people who dislike censorware to argue that since censorware doesn't work we should amend the consituion to say,
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This protection does not extend to the internet.