[fr_freak]

I think the real question is that should the internet be considered public activity?

My answer to that would be no - the internet should not be allowed to be under the jurisdiction of state, local, or federal government. Given the design of the internet (a communication network with no central hub, able to withstand an attack on any part without losing functionality to the whole), it would be impossible to limit what people access on the internet without implementing China-style censorship. Technically, there would have to be some physical bottleneck of network bandwidth to allow for universal filtering, or there would have to be sniffers everywhere to bust people who go to unauthorized sites. In either case, the value of the internet would be destroyed, and government would be more oppressive.

[dan1123]

All technological hurdles aside, I want to start with principles first. If it is not okay to have sex in the street downtown, is the reason why because it is viewable only to people within that community or because the community has a right to regulate what is publicly viewable within their borders?