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                         Fuck Internet Censorship
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That's right, fuck all that. I am free to say it out loud, and so I should
also be free to transmit the ASCII translation of it whenever I want to on
the internet. Government regulation of free speech and expression is
bullshit. Isn't that one of the reasons why our Founding Fathers fought for
their own country ? Damn right it is. And it shouldn't be any different
now.

The internet doesn't change one thing about human nature. The fact is,
there are sick people everywhere in society (and I mean mentally sick, not
physically sick). So much controversy is being raised about pedophiles on
the internet, pornography, blah blah blah... All of that stuff existed
before the internet did. They exist in society, not the internet. the
internet is just a means af fast and reliable communication. Going to a
site that has pornographic material is just like walking into an Adult
Video store. Of course it's accessible to children as well as adults,
unlike the video stores, but it isn't the job of the government to keep
kids out. It's the job of their parents. If they teach their children that
such things are wrong, then they will know better than to even waste their
time with it. On the other hand, if the parents don't oversee what their
kids are doing because they just don't give a shit, then it is a problem.
But the problem isn't the internet. It's the parents. The same people
(children and adults alike) that entertain such immoral subject matter on
the internet do exactly the same thing off the internet. Who's to stop them
? It's their own choice, and if they do not choose wisely, then they will
suffer the consequences.

Regulation doesn't stop the problem, it only makes it a little more
challenging for the people determined to promote and entertain such subject
matter. Alcohol and tobacco regulation never stopped any minors I know from
drinking and smoking. If you tell people that they can't do something, it
makes them even more motivated to do it. Just let it go. Let the parents do
what regulation they can, and let the children learn about these things
through experience. If we show them that these things exist and that they
are wrong, they will be less apt to pursue them on or off the internet. If
we hide things from them and say that they're bad, it only makes curious
minds more interested in finding out what we are hiding.

If our government worried a little more about balancing it's checkbook
instead of nosing in where it doesn't belong, life would be a lot easier on
all of us.
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