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Butterflyeffect:
when this idea was floated, it was going to be optional.. for the kids, you know. You could opt to have the filter in your home...
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Butterflyeffect:
but now there it no opt out
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Rob:
Exactly. It should be the responsibility of the parents to look after their kids, not the state
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Butterflyeffect:
there is already a free internet nanny thing
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Butterflyeffect:
provided by the govt
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Rob:
But equally, we should be funding the police to investigate kiddie porn, not funding the 2nd great firewall of china
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Butterflyeffect:
but not many people have taken it up
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Butterflyeffect:
so they think TOUGHER MEASURES are needed
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Butterflyeffect:
fuck
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Butterflyeffect:
it's just so WRONG
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Rob:
Incidentally, todays uk thing has given rise to the phrase Hadrian's Firewall, which I found quite funny
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Rob:
People don't use the tools available to them, and then call for an ever-bigger and more imprecise hammer to remedy the situatio
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Rob:
Sigh
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Butterflyeffect:
talk about a hammer
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Butterflyeffect:
these men and women in parliament are so out of touch... they don't know what goes on in houses with little kids internet wise. They have grown children by and large.. and they barely even know how to use the internet except to check their bank balances.
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Rob:
I can't wait for the web generation to become politically powerful. We, as a rule, are massive fans of free speech, of the availability of info for all, and for free access
