Or maybe people don't need to have access to everything. Did you ever think that SOME restraint is good? Did you ever happen to think that a 12 year old kid might not need to see someone beheaded, or see some midget having sex with a donkey? We are talking about KIDS here, not adults. We are also talking about Government OWNED hardware. Most the time I'm against these types of filters, but schools/kids is one times I am not.

I understand where you are coming from. The thing is, you use the example of text books. If the text books contained illegal content, that, somehow was blocked during school hours, but was not after hours, would you say the same thing? Does the laptop have illegal content on it? Well... not while they are in school, right? When they get home, if there is no filter, what is to stop them from accessing that illegal content? I am in no way saying that this would happen, or that the text books would contain that content. Nor does this match my previous post. I am just replying to your post, with a valid argument.

If the school is SUPPLYING the laptop, then they should be allowed to filter it. If you don't like the filtering, DON'T USE THE LAPTOP.