Comment You cannot control the Internet (Score 1) 439
How can the US government control what a web site in Christmas Island does? Aren't they out of their juristiction? Each nation has different laws that cover different things. What is against the law in the USA, might not be against the law in another nation, so why force that nation to follow US law?
It would be better to have people who are easily offended have a "baby sitter" program installed on their computer that can filter out bad web sites, and block messages from people using obscene words, etc. That way they get the Internet the way they want it, censored to fit their tastes of what they consider to be harmful or obscene filtered out, and the rest of the users can have uncensored access if they so wish it. In fact, I think some ISPs offer a web proxy that filters out the bad web sites for parents, etc.
Why censor it for the rest of us, just because a few object?
It would be better to have people who are easily offended have a "baby sitter" program installed on their computer that can filter out bad web sites, and block messages from people using obscene words, etc. That way they get the Internet the way they want it, censored to fit their tastes of what they consider to be harmful or obscene filtered out, and the rest of the users can have uncensored access if they so wish it. In fact, I think some ISPs offer a web proxy that filters out the bad web sites for parents, etc.
Why censor it for the rest of us, just because a few object?
