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2/22/96, Chemite@aol.com, Waverly, NY USA
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by Jennifer
I did not vote for Bill Clinton. I would never vote for any
polititian who would not uphold our right to freedom of speech.
My name is Jennifer and I am a 31 year old mother of a 2 year old
and a 5 year old. We live in Waverly, NY. I feel it is up to the
parents to monitor their children on how they use the internet.
Let the polititians monitor their own children. There are
features available to limit children's use...so parents should
use them.
Recently in the news, the internet was blamed for some children
learning how to build a bomb. Well, pick up any advanced physics
text book in the library and you can find the mechanics of bomb
making, even encyclopedias and dictionaries can give
explaination. My point is...what kind of parent raised these
children to be interested in doing something of this nature? If
these children were serious enough, they could have found out
through many types of media...so why blame the internet?
Another area being attacked as terrible misuse of the internet is
cybersex. Everyone can experience unpleasant conversation,
whether in a chat room on AOL, a local bar, or in the grocery
store. It's how people deal with these unpleasantries that
matters. I was raised to ignore unpleasant conversation. I raise
my children do the same. You can be in a lobby in an AOL chatroom
and mention that your female and suddenly get bobbarded with IMs
for cybersex. What do you do? Just ignore them, go to another
room, whatever it takes. I know someday my children will
experiment. Big deal, it can't hurt them. I'll just do my best as
a parent to prevent them from wanting to do it. If they start
banning more of the internet, who knows where they'll stop.
Thanks for letting me air my views.
Jennifer
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