I for one do not wish to have a filter that should be my right not to have one..
derspatz writes...Yet in the offline world you already do ... so isn't it somewhat incongruous that the same should not apply in the online world ?
i do ? explain ?
The filters that our society already embraces in everyday offline life in order to function in a relatively civilised, organised, and appropriate way. Typically it begins when you get out bed to bathe, brush your teeth, and put clothes on before walking out the door to go down to the local newsagency and DVD shop to buy or hire your chosen reading or viewing material of that day.
Typically, due to agreed upon filters instigated at the people's wishes via the government, certain types of reading material will not (or should not) be in the ready view of the under-age and certain types of DVD covers will be similarly "filtered" to a particular section. A whole bunch of stuff thankfully will not be available at all, and at very least, what IS available will be "filtered" away behind the covers that are sealed to protect against accidental persual by those deemed too young to be reading those kinds of articles. :)
Do we really have to explore your whole day to realise just how many self determined and Government determined filters you already submit yourself to in the offline world ?
I see no reason for things to be any different with our internut and its use and think that if we as individuals are unable or unwilling to bring similar levels/layers of responsibility (etc) to it in order to for it to match the laws of our offline world, then our elected Government must.
I do admit that it is a great shame that it has come to this, though.
As a nation, we generally agree upon offline laws of the land regarding a whole bunch of stuff, so I don't think it is unreasonable that we should also agree upon bringing our online world into similar line, especially seeing how incorporated it already is in our day to day life.
Finally, I find it bewildering and incongruous that some appear to want the safety of legislated law and order in the offline world, and yet virtual anarchy when it comes to modern communications that are so deeply woven into that world of desired order.
I'm not actually all that interested in comparing whose morals are better than whose. What I am interested in (aside from what I've already said about positive progress) is seeing some consistency between how the offline and online is viewed.
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