On 18 February 2010 16:14, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@gmail.com>wrote:
When it comes to these matters, I am an absolutist, meaning I am the only one qualified to determine what I shall see/not see or read/not read and so I am absolutely against censorship in all its forms.
Child pornography is a scourge, no question. But parents need to do what parents ought to do. So do schools. I simply cannot abide someone else determining such a basic part of my being.
And I am unanimous on that.
Agreed. Further, it has been my experience that the invoking of child safety is almost always the cause for warning bells, in advance of ill-advised and generally useless regulation that (in fact deliberately) targets adults wanting to be left alone. How different is the French initiative from the Australian one? - Evan