Silly FReeper. That's an easy one. You wouldn't want kids to have access to right wing political sites or religious sites now would you? Why, that would be the same thing as indoctrinating them in hate speech. < /sarcasm >
Actually, that isn't far off. I had an experience a couple of years ago where a friend and I went into a library and she was unable to do a search on their filtered computers using either "catholic" or "Jesus". When we questioned this, the librarian said that the filters blocked access to material that might be deemed unsuitable for children. My question is; "who designs this software? Who is making the decision of what is and is not appropriate for children?" We should be very concerned outraged to action on this kind of hypocrisy. It isn't that hard to see what is happening for one who has eyes to see.
Sounds like a not-so-slow insidious invasion...
Of course, then you get a whole group of folks standing up and stomping out, "that's IT, we're HOMESCHOOLING!" Well that's what my folks did, actually. If I ever have anklebiters (bwahaha, tremble and pray, all ye who knowest me), that is not the way I'll have 'em educated. Everybody's entitled to their lifestyle preferences but there is a finely-defined medium between the two extremes of laissez-faire and the Amish, for example... Life ain't candy-coated or black-and-white, and kids should be taught to deal with that instead of being 1) left to their own devices OR 2) cloistered in bubble-wrap. The truth is always somewhere in between.
What kids need these days is good logical sense. Teach 'em early what you think "sense" is, and let 'em loose. Kids have a pretty good intrinsic bullsh!t detection system.