Perhaps. I'd argue that that decision is up to their parents. I first got online in 1992 or so, and I guess I would have been about 12 or 13 at the time. My parents didn't choose to be involved in what I was or was not looking at, content-wise. Granted you could say that in 1992 there wasn't much general awareness of the "dangers" of being online, but my dad was savvy enough to know what was up..he just didn't feel the need to make an issue of it, because he felt I had the common sense to make appropriate choices.
But who knows, for some other parents, sure maybe they want to filter that out. But the point is, the onus is on the consumer (parent) not on the content provider. As the saying goes, if you don't like it, don't watch it. -m On 12/2/05, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Ridley > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > OK well now this is my pet peeve. I want everyone to shut the fuck > up about > > kids. It is not the mission of the world to protect all children from > > anything that might be dangerous at any time in any place. Now the > whole > > subject of what is or isn't appropriate for kids to see is a huge can of > > worms that I am going to complete ignore because it's beside the point. > > > > The point is - it is not my responsibility to filter my site (or my > life in > > general) in the event that some child might happen upon it. There's > this > > concept called parental responsibility. It's a doctrine which puts > forth > > the concept that if you are going to have children, then that's an > active > > exercise which requires full participation for approximately 16 to > 18 years. > > > > If you are so concerned about what material of an objectionable > nature your > > kids may see, then set limits and don't let them see those things. > Sort of > > like how you might not let them wander around the red light district of > > Amsterdam on their own at 4 AM. Same concept. The correct solution > here is > > for parents to step up and make rules and set limits, not to have some > > arbitrarily large net of responsibility that ensares and inhibits > the rights > > of all adults everywhere. > > > > I will not be subjugated by the delicate and impressionable nature > of 4 year > > olds. That's a non-starter for me. > > > > -m > > > > So people under the age of eighteen should be kept by adults from > sites like mefeedia? > > -- Enric > > > > > On 12/2/05, Bill Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > yes it is part of life... but much of this discussion is related > to kids > > > encountering this stuff. > > > I like to use this illustration in that regard. > > > > > > http://www.missionarypositionsmovie.com/kiddyspam.jpg > > > > > > People find it irresponsible to create a picture like this, but then > > > support "who the &@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > cares if we see a dick" type of attitude. > > > > > > Ironic. > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Rishey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Do you ask yourself why it is that you think people shouldn't > see porn? > > > Some of you > > > make > > > > mention of 'self policing' the community? Do you realize what that > > > sentence means? > > > Don't > > > > we have enough policing? > > > > > > > > What is going to happen if you accidentally see a penis or a vagina? > > > NOTHING. THese are > > > > distractions. THis is life. ANd to be wrapped up in the issue of > what is > > > decent and what > > > is > > > > not is to be part of the problem. > > > > > > > > Hello- In a few decades the land your standing on could be > underwater. > > > Our world is at > > > > war based on complete deception and implemented by torture. > Who the > > > fuck cares if > > > you > > > > see a goddamned dick? There are plenty of Owellian directories > such as > > > itunes which will > > > > remove such material. Itunes recently removed my insanefilms.com > from > > > their directory > > > > with no explanation. > > > > > > > > No censorship. 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