John and all,
But it that it is possible at the ISP level the children (under 18 yrs
of
age) can be protected through DNS access management, children should
be protected and still allow for adult content to be accessed by those
adults that choose to do so.
John D. Goodspeed wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Well put.
>
> For the sake of future human development any clamp on free speech or
> graphical representation must not be allowed. As long as all points of view
> are presented and discussed we must have faith in our children, friends and
> neighbors to make the right personal decisions based upon ALL of the
> information available, not just the "appropriate" information.
>
> Hate mongering must be allowed. Bomb building manuals must be allowed. Pro
> and anti-religion must be allowed. Good and love must be allowed.
>
> John Goodspeed
>
> >
> > NetNanny is a joke and anything connected to the Internet is
> > publically accessible. I'm afraid we've got a simple choice
> > here: the Disney and Communications Decency Act model of the
> > Internet or an expression of the free, adult human mind. Can't
> > really have both. Figure you've made your choice. I've made
> > mine.
> >
> > The Internet should be a right of passage, a domain of adults
> > and their concerns and conflicts, interests and deliberations.
> > This is not a fucking playground and there is no way to in any
> > way protect children, let alone grown men and women, from the
> > many deletireous phenomena out there on the open Internet. My
> > solution, my resolution, is to create equally configured but
> > un-conected Schoolnets under the close control of teachers and
> > parent's councils. Anything else is sacrificing the future
> > birthright of our present children: a free forum for men and
> > women and all their divers intercourses (excuse the quip!).
> >
> > Bob Allisat
> >
> > Free Community Network _ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://fcn.net _ http://fcn.net/allisat
> > http://robin.fcn.net
> >
> >
>
>
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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