On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:46:45 -0600, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 07:56 AM 7/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>> I also think ISPs are missing an opportunity to make money in
>> this area. What I mean is, I think there is probably a pretty
>> big market in America (and probably in Australia from the sound
>> of things) for ISP's that offer "child-safe" access. In our
>> system this is capitalism at it's finest; "Find out what people
>> want and sell it to them." If ISPs would do this, I'm sure
>> there's enough of a market for it that they could make a tidy
>> profit.
>> Boanne
> Part of the problem with filtering is how it's set to filtering. Net
> nanny, and cybersitter, for instance, come preset as to what they filter,
> and sites on pagan religions are included. Because of the moral issues
> involved, the filters tend to get set to meet christian morals, although
> not everyone who wants to keep their children sexually innocent also want
> to keep their children christian. It should be possible to use filtering
> software on your own computer and set the classes of sites it
> filters. Personally, I think no software can substitute for
> supervision. Don't let kids on the modem unless you are surfing with them,
> moving along and discussing it with them. If you don't want to do that,
> what the heck were you thinking when you started breeding? That's the
> commitment breeding requires! I for one am fed up with living in a world
> which is restricting me for the good of unsupervised children, having
> untrained and unsupervised children run roughshod over my rights and
> properties. The parents should be putting in the time and energy.
Though I don't totally agree, I do support most of your comments. The
largest reason for the "unsupervised" problem is the "electronic
babysitter". Previously, it was Nintendo, etc.. Now an internet PC is
being used the same way. The problem is not the "electronic" part, but
the "babysitter" part.
boB
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