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Originally Posted by Der Brewling
I believe as did the architects of the internet, that it should always be free and unsensored for all. I do agree that some things should have special classification for purposes of filtering. But in the end, if you dont like what you see, THEN TURN OFF THE COMPUTER and stop paying for an ISP. You have complete control over viewing this content, no one is forcing you to use it.
What really irks me about any of these censorship issues, the minority thinks they have the right to change the majority because they are offended by something that they have complete control over. If you are so freaked out about it, then try using the off button that the TV, the Radio, and Computer all have in common. Who has the right to censor what I pay to get, who is the FCC to censor my paid for cable, what would the internet be if it were censored aside a husk of controlled media? No one is forcing television radio or internet down anyones throat last time I checked.
The internet was founded on the right of free speech and I think it should stay that way, and availiable to everyone.
Granted, anything that really is illegal, such as child pr0n, site with copyrighted materials not of thier own, that kind of thing, by all means use the legal arm to shut that down. I have no problem with filtering as long as it is the means of the person who wants that and not mandatory for everyone.
But never should anyones voice on the net be silenced otherwise.
It all comes down to a simple choice really, turn it on and prepare to have some tolerance for the stuff that you dont like, or crawl into a hole and dont bother anyone else.
As far as the internet itself is concerned, I think that the way it has been uncensored is its best virtue and its worst attribute. It is a totally control-less entity, no one owns it, and as such it is a wide and spanned way for people to communicate however they wish. Of course this has the drawback that there is a lot of trash out there and no one to control it for the most part. The best way in my mind is install some kind of filtering classifications, but thats it. If you want the net raw and unfiltered thats your choice, but if you want to block porn class websites and such that should be a choice too. Not just censoring it for everyone.
ok, rant over
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