Comments on: Internet filtering law approved by Senate Committee

By: Regis

Regis — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:05:35 +0000

For heavens sake, why does the Government worry so much about what kids look at? If anything the government should promote children to look at dirty things…Well maybe not, but looking at your first “porn site” isn’t harmful. When i saw mine when i was ten or whatever i didn’t start hiring prostitutes and smoking crack. If we deny our kids the experiences that will harm them then they’ll grow up naive and stupid. This is just another thing that will end up costing a shitload of tax money that will become obsolete very, very quickly.

By: mannerheim

mannerheim — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:08:18 +0000

The powers to be dont like a global platform where you can freely express your thoughts. The have never been one before internet and I strongly doubt that there will be after the internet is censored.

In my country the government passed a law that they can filter internet if suspect kiddyp0rn content. That of course gives other possibilities to censor everythin the government doesnt like. For example in Sweden they tried to shut TPB down with that kiddyp0rn law and there will similar attemps in the future too.

So the western states are own their way to the honorable companion of SaudiArabia, Iran and China etc.

The free internet is just seen as a threat to the governments all around the world and that is why they want it to be filtered. Ped0files know how to use computer so they can very easily go around these filters. The main aim is to suffocate the anonymous expression on critic to goverments because they dont like it. Its also a good way to sabotage small anti-government parties and even for example cannab1s activists.

Orwell was right…

By: x0054

x0054 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:14:03 +0000

Fuck kids, for God sakes, why does every single thing in this country have to revolve around kids. Is it so hard to be there with your children when they are online, or subscribe to a proxy that filters out sites for you. And why is it that kids need internet access at all. I am not arguing for limiting kids by not giving them any access at all, but if you do not want them to be exposed, don’t let them on the net.

In any case, legally, the government has no right to limit internet access and they should stop sticking there grubby little hands into it. It’s privet enterprise, and it should be left alone.

As far as morals that some one mentioned few posts above, fuck morals up the ass with a broken glass. This country is not based about morals, it’s based on greed, perversion, slaughter of native population, and slavery. And it’s why I love it. BTW, you can hate bush all you want, but this bill has Hillary written all over it.

– Bogdan

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:34:24 +0000

they’re being too “protective.”

If kids want to look at something, they will find out how.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

NEXT TIME WE’RE GONNA SEE PLAYBOY CENSORED .. FUCKING NIGGER POLITICS

By: gar

gar — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:28:47 +0000

Well said, VirginiaCavalry.

By: VirginiaCavalry

VirginiaCavalry — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:54:01 +0000

Here’s a thought if they are so worried about their children going onto inapopropriate websites. How about their parents actually monitor their web activity by BEING THERE. For once, let’s make parents accountable for their children, rather than have them complain because they can’t be bothered to get involoved in bringing their kids up properly!

By: Bodocoth

Bodocoth — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:15:43 +0000

The funniest thing is that all these law makers and congressmen/women have or had sex in their life. Most of them even have, in the privacy of their home, some sort of sexual fantasy, fetish, or “abnormal” desire that nobody knows about until it comes public by mistake.

And they want to hunt down on the people who do it openly.

Talk about a sexually repressed society

By: hikaricore

hikaricore — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:46:19 +0000

DoubleJ: Exactly. No matter what OS or Internet connection method you are using there are filtering proxies (some of them free) and filtering software that will do this without some bullshit law. I love how this never came up in the media until after it had been approved. Government communication with it’s people is at an all time low. The US government need to *censored* and start *censored*.

By: gar

gar — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:45:37 +0000

To Blobsters:

Name calling is the act of someone who doesn’t have enough intelligence to engage in a meaningful dialog.

I would wish you a great life flipping burgers Buddy but obviously you aren’t smart enough to fill out the application.

By: DoubleJ

DoubleJ — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:14:29 +0000

There are hundreds of ways that a parent can censor the internet for their children, all widly available and many very effective. Their is no reason the government has to step in, and i believe these people who are freaing out about censorship our in a way right. IT is the first stepof the government to censor the net for all, thit says the government is requireing the fcc to do this , it’s my bet the fcc probably lobeied for this bill so they could create more in depth software to censor overall, Imagine if there ios a switch to shut things off that’s used for children what stops the government from switching this for everyone, once it exists.

By: hikaricore

hikaricore — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:05:07 +0000

Fuck this.

By: dipshit

dipshit — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:49:57 +0000

Fucking, brain dead, Americans!

They have no authority over the Internet, yet think they can decide what is and is not available.

It’s about time that all websites even partially concerned with freedom of expression blocked America from accessing their services… see how they feel when all the yanks can access online, is their own small corner.

Put America behind a firewall, just the same as China is!

By: Boo

Boo — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:29:33 +0000

Blobsters,you can hardly blame them. The description of the bill states “A bill to develop the next generation of parental control technology.”, while our most objective topic starter over there called it an “Internet filtering law”. Hmm, I wonder where all this outrage originated from…

By: Blobsters

Blobsters — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:19:22 +0000

You idiots. Can’t any of you possible comprehend what you just read? “Indecent and objectionable programming, as determined by the parent” Basically it’s a “v-chip” that a parent can use to filter their kids internet.

Some of us in this country have morals and WANT parents to have a censorship OPTION, not mandatory (not communism, gar you dumbshit).

By: Hacker

Hacker — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:17:25 +0000

This is just stupid Hackers can and will bypass any secure if they like. Kids should not be surfing the net them selfs any ways. This is the first step to filter all the net. But will fail again.