Internet censorship

So they should get into it. I've always thought that a parent should have some sort of interest in his children activities. But it's quite easy to buy your kid an XBOX and let him play whatever game he asks for no matter which contents it has. Or letting him surf the internet without acually caring about he's doing.

Well, for that generation of parents is too late. but for THIS one, I mean people who start to become parents now... Well, look at us. Technology is with us, everyone uses a PC now. We can and will know better then our parents

*privacy ;)

My father had a similar setup, except that my phone was my own. I knew the workarounds, since he didn't know about router-level blocking. At the end of the day it's your parents stuff and if you're doing anything illegal (piracy) they are liable.

It may sound strict but its a mix of both approaches. My children are all under 13. If you believe that I will hand them internet accessible devices and not have the ability to rein them in I believe its irresponsible on my part. The porn example is perfect. Too often they hide their content on other less offensive sites and blaw!, 12 yr old is watching 2girls1cup.

I recently had to stop one of my kids from accessing youtube on his own. There is plenty of content that is age appropriate but without constant supervision things can go south quickly. (Which I caught it and why they don't have unrestricted access.)

As for the right to privacy, its a good lesson. Don't put crap out on the internet you don't want someone else to see.

Of course I have, that's a stupid question. Everyone has, it's a part of life. It sounds like you're trying to imply that if we censor everything then our kids wont disobey us. It's actually the reverse, because if you just censor everything and don't explain anything to your kids, they won't know whats going on and ignorantly make even more poor decisions.

You don't have to explain what porn is, you just say that some parts of the internet are dangerous and not intended for kids. There's an intelligent way to do these things. If your kids respect you, and trust you, they will listen. And if you don't, then you talk to them THEN, and explain what just happened. I'm just saying that you should TALK to your KIDS, and not force the rest of society to bend to your particular whims. Seems like that's a foreign concept to a lot of parents, however.

Nope, it is definitely a block. Allow me to show you. This is what I see when I try to go to it.

I've seen the results, and I've seen what it has stopped. In all seriousness, I know that it has saved lives. It's an inconvenience, that is for sure, but the important thing is, that it has saved lives.

I think its the difference of Censoring the Internet versus Censoring YOUR computers access to the Internet.
Censoring your computers access is optional. Censoring the Internet itself removes any option.

I don't disagree, but it's very difficult to establish a set of inalienable human rights which are independent of behaviour, and the impact of that individual exercising those rights has upon others, and that is the same when applied to any culture or community which seeks to uphold such a premise.