THIS IS HOW IT STARTS !!! WARNIG !!! (please note: I believe child porn is a hideous crime)
That being said, anyone who would sacrifice freedoms for safety deserves neither. (A quote from Benjamin Franklin) If we allow any service provider the right to choose for us on any issue, they will choose for us on every issue. Pandora?s box, slippery slope, choose your poison. It is the job of the police to track down and prosecute offenders, not some private corporate entity that doesn't have to answer to the voting public.
Once the door has been opened for this type of corporate censorship of the public domain, all ISP's will follow suit and we will soon LOOSE OUR FREEDOM TO FREELY SHARED INFORAMTION. This is a HUGE DEAL and yet another ploy by the private interest groups to test the waters on censorship for future profits. I.E. today the say they only want to block questionable sites, tomorrow they will block competing sites, and the day after charge a premium for limited access like with plans resembling their cable packages, pay per click ISP style.
That being said, anyone who would sacrifice freedoms for safety deserves neither. (A quote from Benjamin Franklin) If we allow any service provider the right to choose for us on any issue, they will choose for us on every issue. Pandora?s box, slippery slope, choose your poison. It is the job of the police to track down and prosecute offenders, not some private corporate entity that doesn't have to answer to the voting public.
Once the door has been opened for this type of corporate censorship of the public domain, all ISP's will follow suit and we will soon LOOSE OUR FREEDOM TO FREELY SHARED INFORAMTION. This is a HUGE DEAL and yet another ploy by the private interest groups to test the waters on censorship for future profits. I.E. today the say they only want to block questionable sites, tomorrow they will block competing sites, and the day after charge a premium for limited access like with plans resembling their cable packages, pay per click ISP style.
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