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> When society has reached a point that anybody with internet access can ... be exposed to imagery that really is not going to help them be well-adjusted in lif
by appleflaxen 10y ago
> When society has reached a point that anybody with internet access can ... be exposed to imagery that really is not going to help them be well-adjusted in life ... there is something wrong
I am really trying to understand your point of view, and am failing.
Are you saying that you go online, and are bombarded by images that you don't want to see? Then why do you still go online? Have you taken a community college class about internet access, and how to find information you want (and by extension: avoid information you don't?)
You can voluntarily install any number of parent-protection extensions for your browser. Why do you want to control other people's speech rather than doing something simple to block content from your own browser that you don't want?
- mobiuscog 10y agoI suppose my point (which I obviously failed at, as most people are just suggesting an internet filter) was that it has become - thanks to the internet - to be exposed to a lot of areas of life which would not normally be encountered. Many people don't see this as a problem, and many people likely never experience it (either through limited internet use, or otherwise). Perhaps it isn't a problem, but if it is, such that enough interest it pushed in solving it, how can society grow to cope with it ? Or something like that. Perhaps people honestly believe that a child, growing up into their twenties and beyond, constantly watching porn and NSFL content, is a typical example of a well-adjusted member of society. Maybe that's correct these days. shrug Perhaps I'm completely out of touch and my ethics/morality mark is completely on the wrong end of the scale - I'm not sure (hence the flameproof suit). I just think this topic is worth discussion, rather than being instantly dismissed as nanny-state takeover.