Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt11

derspatz writes...Tis the world we live in when not virtually minded, so I see it as somewhat hypocritical to want (and support) Law and Order in our offline world and society and yet want virtual anarchy in the online world.

It's not that we don't *want* law and order in the online world, it's that we know that the censorship rules we use in the offline world cannot be effectively applied to the online world.

Oh ? Firstly, who is "we", secondly, what are the "censorship rules" and thirdly, why don't you think that even the basic principals can be made to effectively apply to the online world ?

Data is data, information is information, and IO is IO. While packages of the stuff can be built and shunted around, the basic principals of control also exist, for after all, you wouldn't be getting the packages or shunting around without it.

This goes all the way back to the first "hello world" program you ever wrote, and I for one have coded a lot more clever things than that and have been paid well for it.

The internet is a completely different animal to books, movies, tv, radio and newspapers and it cannot be controlled in the same way.

Sure, every medium for the preservation and transporation and sharing of information needs different ways to library, disseminate, catagorise, and control it (etc, etc). You wouldn't be reading (or NOT reading this depending on your personal filter settings) this if it wasn't the case.

The internut can be suitably controlled/brought to law and order and it is just the methods that will be settled upon to be discovered, tested, and established.

No argument from me that ISP Level Content Filtering (: ILCF :) is not going to be the best way of achieving suitable control ... but it is a start.

Which is what the ongoing development of IT is all about.

Deem "hello world" included.

Now, "where do you want to go today ?" ... and how are you going to choose to get there ? :)

regarDS