[Always Right]

Who's going to determine what "legitimate pieces of literature" are, a Library Filter Committee?

There are several groups that already provide filtering, this isn't rocket science, but common sense.

[Da Mav]

No, the Filter Company decides what it will filter. If you are serious and not just trolling or pushing your web page you need to do some basic research and find out what you are talking about.

You can dress it up any way you want technically but in the end, somebody is going to decide which sites will be blocked, usually based on a market decision as to what the majority of consumers of the software might want blocked. Using majority opinion to decide freedom of speech is ludicrous; that's why there is a First Amendment. To protect us from people who think their version of "common sense" should apply to everyone.

[leadpenny]

The World and the Internet very messy. They are also wonderful creations. I could leave my home right now and find some really bad things out there. Likewise, I could leave FR and find some bad thing on the web. I'm making a choice to stay here. It's about choices! Freedom!

[milan]

There are several groups that already provide filtering, this isn't rocket science, but common sense.

You are absolutely correct. I manage about 500 public access computers on a university. Trust me, they should be filtered. 2 days ago I caught a little freak sneaking into the lab to download and view porn. I threw his ass out. He looked like a freaking troll. It should have never come to that. He should not have access, but the university won't filter. Why? Becuase it is a liberal institution. Yes, I have received numerous complaints about about others seeing the smut that some creep seems to have to view in public. Becuase of some of the idiot, even on this site, they are allowed to act like pervs in public.

Internet filtering can be done very well, and with literally billions of pages of information on the net, the arguement about some pages not being viewed is absurd.