SafeSurf Considers Heterosexuals dangerous to Children?

Arkansas Publik Skulz ^ | 15 Nov 2003

[steplock]

SafeSurf - Heterosexuals are Dangerous to Children
Date: Saturday, November 15 @ 20:00:19
Topic Opinions

SafeSurf Considers Heterosexuals dangerous to Children
SafeSurf Rating

Since 1975 - Safe Surf - Creating a Child Safe Internet - dedicated to both advancing the process of classifying information on the Internet.

"Our first goal is to classify material which may be harmful to children. Responsible choices can then be easily made and systems can be put into place that will screen adult material, restricting the access to minors."

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The SafeSurf SS~~ Rating Standard
Designed with input from thousands of parents and Net citizens to empower each family to make informed decisions concerning accessibility of online content.

Section One: Adult Themes with Caution Levels

SS~~000. Age Range
1) All Ages
2) Older Children
3) Teens
4) Older Teens
5) Adult Supervision Recommended
6) Adults
7) Limited to Adults
8) Adults Only
9) Explicitly for Adults

Section One: Adult Themes with Caution Levels

SS~~001. Profanity
1) Subtle Innuendo
Subtly Implied through the use of Slang
2) Explicit Innuendo
Explicitly implied through the use of Slang
3) Technical Reference
Dictionary, encyclopedic, news, technical references
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
Limited non-sexual expletives used in a artistic fashion
5) Graphic-Artistic
Non-sexual expletives used in a artistic fashion
6) Graphic
Limited use of expletives and obscene gestures
7) Detailed Graphic
Casual use of expletives and obscene gestures.
8) Explicit Vulgarity
Heavy use of vulgar language and obscene gestures. Unsupervised Chat Rooms.
9) Explicit and Crude
Saturated with crude sexual references and gestures. Unsupervised Chat Rooms.

Author: This section has just been recently added
SS~~002. Heterosexual Themes

1) Subtle Innuendo
Subtly Implied through the use of metaphor
2) Explicit Innuendo
Explicitly implied (not described) through the use of metaphor
3) Technical Reference
Dictionary, encyclopedic, news, medical references
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
Limited metaphoric descriptions used in an artistic fashion
5) Graphic-Artistic
Metaphoric descriptions used in an artistic fashion
Author: The rest in this section are already referred to in other categories.
6) Graphic
Descriptions of intimate sexual acts
7) Detailed Graphic
Descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts
8) Explicitly Graphic or Inviting Participation
Explicit Descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts designed to arouse. Inviting interactive sexual participation. Unsupervised Sexual Chat Rooms or Newsgroups.
9) Explicit and Crude or Explicitly Inviting Participation
Profane Graphic Descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts designed to arouse. Inviting interactive sexual participation. Unsupervised Sexual Chat Rooms or Newsgroups.

SS~~003. Homosexual Themes
1) Subtle Innuendo
Subtly Implied through the use of metaphor
2) Explicit Innuendo
Explicitly implied (not described) through the use of metaphor
3) Technical Reference
Dictionary, encyclopedic, news, medical references
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
Limited metaphoric descriptions used in an artistic fashion
5) Graphic-Artistic
Metaphoric descriptions used in an artistic fashion
6) Graphic
Descriptions of intimate sexual acts
7) Detailed Graphic
Descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts
8) Explicitly Graphic or Inviting Participation
Explicit descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts designed to arouse. Inviting interactive sexual participation. Unsupervised Sexual Chat Rooms or Newsgroups.
9) Explicit and Crude or Explicitly Inviting Participation
Profane Graphic Descriptions of intimate details of sexual acts designed to arouse. Inviting interactive sexual participation. Unsupervised Sexual Chat Rooms or Newsgroups.

SS~~004. Nudity
1) Subtle Innuendo
Subtly Implied through the use of composition, lighting, shaping, revealing clothing, etc.
2) Explicit Innuendo
Explicitly implied (not shown) through the use of composition, lighting, shaping or revealing clothing
3) Technical Reference
Dictionary, encyclopedic, news, medical references
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
Classic works of art presented in public museums for family viewing
5) Graphic-Artistic
Artistically presented without full frontal nudity
6) Graphic
Artistically presented with frontal nudity
7) Detailed Graphic
Erotic frontal nudity
8) Explicit Vulgarity
Pornographic presentation, designed to appeal to prurient interests.
9) Explicit and Crude
Explicit pornographic presentation

SS~~005. Violence
1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Reference
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
5) Graphic-Artistic
6) Graphic
7) Detailed Graphic
8) Inviting Participation in Graphic Interactive Format
9) Encouraging Personal Participation, Weapon Making

SS~~006. Sex, Violence, and Profanity
1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Reference
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
5) Graphic-Artistic
6) Graphic
7) Detailed Graphic
8) Explicit Vulgarity
9) Explicit and Crude

Author: Recent activist judges have classified Christianity as "Offensive & Intolerant"
SS~~007. Intolerance - (Intolerance of another person's racial, religious, or gender backround)

1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Reference
4) Non-Graphic-Literary
5) Graphic-Literary
6) Graphic Discussions
7) Endorsing Hatred
8) Endorsing Violent or Hateful Action
9) Advocating Violent or Hateful Action

SS~~008. Glorifying Drug Use
1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Reference
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
5) Graphic-Artistic
6) Graphic
7) Detailed Graphic
8) Simulated Interactive Participation
9) Soliciting Personal Participation

SS~~009. Other Adult Themes
1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Reference
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic
5) Graphic-Artistic
6) Graphic
7) Detailed Graphic
8) Explicit Vulgarity
9) Explicit and Crude


SS~~00A. Gambling
1) Subtle Innuendo
2) Explicit Innuendo
3) Technical Discussion
4) Non-Graphic-Artistic, Advertising
5) Graphic-Artistic, Advertising
6) Simulated Gambling
7) Real Life Gambling without Stakes
8) Encouraging Interactive Real Life Participation with Stakes
9) Providing Means with Stakes


The numeral order of the adult themes listed above is not intended to suggest any more or less caution be given to higher numbered themes. To avoid confusion with the Level of Parental Caution (described below), we advise software developers to present only the theme's description without mentioning its numerical position on the list.

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[steplock]

SafeSurf - I have used them to classify my web sites since I began creating them a few years ago. It was a great idea to centralize an area where parents could go and find websites that would not offend honest and moral and normal people.

I KNOW I'm going to be "flammed" for the "NORMAL" term, but I don't care because that is reality. Can anyone remember back only 20-30 years ago to what was considered to be acceptable and NORMAL behavior?

I can remember and I still have my morals and memories of what is CORRECT.

[xrp]

Just goes to show you, the only reliable content filter is your own head.

[supercat]

The idea here is that the parents set their own 'acceptable levels' for each category, right? So what's the problem?

I wouldn't be surprised if the 'heterosexual' category exists primarily because (1) the makers of SafeSurf recognized the demand for a 'homosexual' category, but (2) did not want to themselves discriminate against homosexuals. So even if many people decide to e.g. set the homosexual limit to 1 and the heterosexual limit to 4, it won't be SafeSurf discriminating against gay sites.

[UNGN]

What about Homo Sapiens or Homer-Sexuals?

[drhogan]

WHEW!!! at least bestiality is still OK.

[ServesURight]

Totally agree. Internet filters are a lazy parent's babysitter.

[Salman]

Since 1975? 1975!? What was SafeSurf doing in 1975? Is that a misprint, maybe?

[steplock]

Did I say 1975?? Oooops!

HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Creating a Child Safe Internet
The major events that have lead to the current state of Cyberspace.

http://www.safesurf.com/time.htm

JANUARY 1995 and before
Adult Only Cyberspace

FEBRUARY 1995
Exon Amendment Introduced
SafeSurf Advocates Rating System

MAY 1995
SafeSurf Creates Kid's Wave
SurfWatch Ships Software