Let's compare this to public telephones... (Score 1)

which are something PHB-types can understand. Pay phones can be used for all kinds of "bad things" like: calling 1-900 sex numbers, making drug deals, making obscene or prank phone calls, etc... the point is, we have laws to deal with the people who cause trouble for others. We don't try to prevent the "bad things" by blocking certain numbers, or monitoring phone calls, or having security guards watch over public phone users. There is no reason to have a different set of rules for the same content carried over different communications media.