I'd honestly prefer they go with 2, because none of this material is harmful to begin with, and I don't want their poor children to be subjected to censorship. But I don't expect these people to be rational.
You don't think it's a big deal when worthless government thugs coerce companies into implementing filters they didn't want to implement in the first place? You don't think it's a big deal that we're giving them all the tools they need to start censoring content they don't like, which they're already doing but for "nasty" content only? You don't think it's a big deal that they have all the names of the account holders who opt out of this nonsensical filter (and knowing governments, this will be put to use even if it's in the hands of ISPs)? You don't think the government threatening companies to do something and then pretending it's voluntary is a big deal? I do.
I demand that all religious websites be filtered, because I find them harmful.
It's funny how, if that happened, most of these censorship-loving idiots would suddenly be against the filter, even though they always like to claim that it's 100% "voluntary" (nevermind government threatening ISPs to get them to implement it).
It seems like about 80% of Slashdot users are stupid, entitled clowns who somehow think they have the same rights on other people's systems as the system owners do.
You mean like how these censorship-loving ignoramuses did when they got the government to issue transparent threats to ISPs so they'd implement their stupid filter?
I don't really like any of this crap, but it's been done for a long time and it's not *too* awful
This is how these things grow into bigger and bigger problems. When it gets worse, people will be saying, "Well, it's not *that* much worse." Power creep is slow, but it exists. We've already seen this with their stupid filters.
And it's really sad that some people think this is voluntary when there are plenty of implied government threats to get ISPs to implement this.
Yeah, having things like freedom of speech being "imposed" on them must make them so sad. Maybe they should move to North Korea so they can feel better.
Options for people who are afraid of everything in the name of children: 1) Don't be a parent. Sometimes unexpected things happen, granted. 2) Stop being an authoritarian mental midget and realize that none of this shit even matters.
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I'd honestly prefer they go with 2, because none of this material is harmful to begin with, and I don't want their poor children to be subjected to censorship. But I don't expect these people to be rational.
So fucking what?
You don't think it's a big deal when worthless government thugs coerce companies into implementing filters they didn't want to implement in the first place? You don't think it's a big deal that we're giving them all the tools they need to start censoring content they don't like, which they're already doing but for "nasty" content only? You don't think it's a big deal that they have all the names of the account holders who opt out of this nonsensical filter (and knowing governments, this will be put to use even if it's in the hands of ISPs)? You don't think the government threatening companies to do something and then pretending it's voluntary is a big deal? I do.
I demand that all religious websites be filtered, because I find them harmful.
It's funny how, if that happened, most of these censorship-loving idiots would suddenly be against the filter, even though they always like to claim that it's 100% "voluntary" (nevermind government threatening ISPs to get them to implement it).
It seems like about 80% of Slashdot users are stupid, entitled clowns who somehow think they have the same rights on other people's systems as the system owners do.
You mean like how these censorship-loving ignoramuses did when they got the government to issue transparent threats to ISPs so they'd implement their stupid filter?
I don't really like any of this crap, but it's been done for a long time and it's not *too* awful
This is how these things grow into bigger and bigger problems. When it gets worse, people will be saying, "Well, it's not *that* much worse." Power creep is slow, but it exists. We've already seen this with their stupid filters.
And it's really sad that some people think this is voluntary when there are plenty of implied government threats to get ISPs to implement this.
Yeah, having things like freedom of speech being "imposed" on them must make them so sad. Maybe they should move to North Korea so they can feel better.
Options for people who are afraid of everything in the name of children:
1) Don't be a parent. Sometimes unexpected things happen, granted.
2) Stop being an authoritarian mental midget and realize that none of this shit even matters.