Brian Lane wrote:
Declan McCullagh wrote:
I spoke to Netscape earlier today. The company previously had announced it would support PICS in a future version of Navigator. Now it's pledging to support PICS in the *next* version.
-Declan
I don't care if Netscape supports PICS or not, as long as I still have the freedom to turn that option off (and that it is preferrably not enabled by default, or indicates in an OBVIOUS way that it is active).
Even better, lets support web browsers that do not support PICS or any other rateing system.
This whole thing is a load of shit though. The government is professing to have control over thousands of private computers and networks. No one has to put their kids on the net (IMHO the damn thing is a large waste of time, they should be reading books or building things instead), so it must be the parents decision to give them access -- It is therefore the parents responsibility to monitor their kids activities, not the governments and not everyone elses. Agreed. I would extend that to say that it is the parents responsiblity to teach their kids to be able to handle the unknown in a responsible way.
-Doug