Thanks. Besides, the profiles of kids are automatically set to private if they register with the ages 14 or 15, and everyone now has the choice of making their profile public or private... So what's the problem? I think no one has the guts to inform their children of the sick perverts, or maybe they just don't care... Someone else said that those people don't deserve kids or the internet--yet another thing that I agree with completely.
I think these politicians are just jealous of the kids because they [the politicians] don't have any friends on Myspace.
But really, if it's a public terminal (like in a library or hotel), shouldn't it be the decision of the manager as to which websites are blocked?
Politicians are going overkill with banning things. What's it going to be next? No working class citizen will be allowed to have a computer that's connected to the internet?
I mean come on, I'm almost 16 (joined Myspace when I was 13), I've got a Myspace profile (actually 2 personal ones and about 4 misc. ones) and my AUNT is my friend. It helps me keep in touch with her because my phone company loves to charge $.45 a minute for important phone calls.
Basically what these politicians are saying is, "You can't talk to your friends, family, or anyone on the intarweb cause we don't have any friends! Rabble rabble rabble! N00BZ! Har har! We're 1337!" Not only that, but come on--blocking AMAZON? Since when does America NOT want us to buy crap? This is all so ridiculous.
And another thing... if these politicians care so much about kids, then why don't they just execute the child predators (rather than allowing to REGISTER THEIR RESIDENCE AS THE HOME OF A SEXUAL PREDATOR)? It makes a lot more sense (and does a better job at PROTECTING the youth) than to just block kids from social networking sites. Besides, to whomever said that just because a parent doesn't pay attention to what a child accesses doesn't mean no one else should--I agree. If a parent won't stop their kid from talking to a child molester, then why should a librarian sit on the curb and do nothing?
The United States government is abusing its power and it's eventually going to ruin EVERYTHING... especially since the internet is becoming increasingly popular.
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Thanks. Besides, the profiles of kids are automatically set to private if they register with the ages 14 or 15, and everyone now has the choice of making their profile public or private... So what's the problem? I think no one has the guts to inform their children of the sick perverts, or maybe they just don't care... Someone else said that those people don't deserve kids or the internet--yet another thing that I agree with completely.
I think these politicians are just jealous of the kids because they [the politicians] don't have any friends on Myspace.
But really, if it's a public terminal (like in a library or hotel), shouldn't it be the decision of the manager as to which websites are blocked?
Politicians are going overkill with banning things. What's it going to be next? No working class citizen will be allowed to have a computer that's connected to the internet?
I mean come on, I'm almost 16 (joined Myspace when I was 13), I've got a Myspace profile (actually 2 personal ones and about 4 misc. ones) and my AUNT is my friend. It helps me keep in touch with her because my phone company loves to charge $.45 a minute for important phone calls.
Basically what these politicians are saying is, "You can't talk to your friends, family, or anyone on the intarweb cause we don't have any friends! Rabble rabble rabble! N00BZ! Har har! We're 1337!" Not only that, but come on--blocking AMAZON? Since when does America NOT want us to buy crap? This is all so ridiculous.
And another thing... if these politicians care so much about kids, then why don't they just execute the child predators (rather than allowing to REGISTER THEIR RESIDENCE AS THE HOME OF A SEXUAL PREDATOR)? It makes a lot more sense (and does a better job at PROTECTING the youth) than to just block kids from social networking sites. Besides, to whomever said that just because a parent doesn't pay attention to what a child accesses doesn't mean no one else should--I agree. If a parent won't stop their kid from talking to a child molester, then why should a librarian sit on the curb and do nothing?
The United States government is abusing its power and it's eventually going to ruin EVERYTHING... especially since the internet is becoming increasingly popular.