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Originally posted by BrettJ:
I would like to see some fences set up to keep kids out...It's a difficult issue because I value the freedoms we have... but don't you think some limits should be in place? at least for kids? (we don't let them see R rated movies with out parents)
your thoughts?
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I've always said that it is the role and responsability of the parent to act as the very barrier/fence/limit you speak of Brett, and not the role of the webmaster. Before I elaborate, I'll first deal with your other comment, the one about R rated movies. I beg to differ, as there are lots of R rated movies shown on open television nowadays. True it's mostly late at night, but who can honestly say that all parents everywhere are preventing their kids from viewing such material. Also, why is it that the tv networks can get away with a simple pre-warning like "the following production contains scenes of violence, nudity and course language, viewer discretion is advised" and yet for a free site with literally the SAME content a similar warning is deemed insufficient? I am sensing a double-standard here, is anyone else? At least with the website warning, no one can initially access the site WITHOUT seeing the warning. With the TV network's pre-warning, what if you tune in a few seconds AFTER the warning? Does that not make it redundant?
Just as the new VCR's are coming out now with filtering gadgets to block certain types of innapropriate programs for kids, so too do many of us actively promote and encourage parents to obtain similar programs from one of the various screening services. For now, that's about all we can do, and rightly so I might add. This brings me back to my original point, which was that it is not the role of the adult webmaster to babysit anyone's kids. That's the parents job, always has been, always will be.
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I believe the answer is "both". I'm sure there are those webmasters that simply have a great fascination or strong fetish for those types of content, and they have found a way to commiserate with other like-minded souls by making use of the internet. Others simply seek to supply a service to those that are looking for it, and hopefully make a profit from them. I don't see a big mystery there, in one case it's a need to belong, and in the other it's based on the law of 'supply and demand'.
Then there are webmasters like us, that choose to go with their own tastes and values, and only promote that which they deem appealing or at least merely acceptable.
Now fire up the music, I want you for this dance luv
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