Comment Re:Filtering can be Good, but it needs intelligenc (Score 1) 352
Look, libraries have been using filtering long before the internet was even dreamed of. The librarians (or their supervisors) have a limited budget and have to decide FOR YOU what books/articles/info they will have money for or room for. So their ideologies or morals or ethics color their decisions either subconsciously or consciously.
It is very difficult (not impossible) to find a library where you can walk in and find a Hustler magazine to read or a Debbie Does Dallas video to check out. Why? Because the staff has decided not to allow THAT kind of info on their shelves even though thanks to Larry Flynt it is protected speech!
Internet filtering software, though imperfect, is not much different from the HUMAN filtering brainware (also imperfect) which has been in place since Plato was just a gleam in his father's eye.
It is very difficult (not impossible) to find a library where you can walk in and find a Hustler magazine to read or a Debbie Does Dallas video to check out. Why? Because the staff has decided not to allow THAT kind of info on their shelves even though thanks to Larry Flynt it is protected speech!
Internet filtering software, though imperfect, is not much different from the HUMAN filtering brainware (also imperfect) which has been in place since Plato was just a gleam in his father's eye.
