On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 03:38 +0100, Uwe A. P. Wuerdinger wrote: > Ron Johnson schrieb: > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:34 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > [-snip-] > > > And yes, I've already thought of that. However, I'd rather some > > things (URLs, in this case) not be dropped my children's laps, > > even though they could be blocked further upstream. > > > > When they start to get curious about such things, let 'em learn > > about porn the old fashioned way... ;) > > Looks like an other round of underestimating children and censorship is > coming up.
Parents are *supposed* to censor what their children see. They are also supposed to educate their children. The balance between censorship and education is different at every age and for each child. And, for a given child at a given age, the censorship/education balance is different for each kind of topic. > 1. Kids are smarter than most of us think. > When they are not interested in (say porn) they'll ignore it and or > complain about it. > > 2. If they are interested they outsmart most parents anyway[1]. > > [1] Whena 13 year old starts to ask smart questions about how that > web censor stuff in china works one should think twice about explaining > it or et least get a foot in the door for a share of the money he'll > make by selling his classmates anonymizing service. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "All machines, no matter how complex, are considered to be based on 6 simple elements: the lever, the pulley, the wheel and axle, the screw, the wedge and the inclined plane." Marilyn Vos Savant
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