Kurt Starsinic wrote:
I'm in favor of a ratings system; not one which indicates for whom a given page is suitable, but rather one which identifies the subject matter. The Dewey Decimal System is a primitive example of such a system.
Technically the Dewey Decimal System in not a rating system, it's a subject index. It would make searching the web quite a bit easier. It could be as easy as this: <META NAME="Dewey Decimal" CONTENT="423.342j"> Of course the number is now only a subject, not a specific web page.
It seems to me that, if the USG is in the business of encouraging or endorsing morally normative ratings systems (which, of course, they've done for years), they're discouraging free discourse regarding child-rearing.
Could you elaborate please?
It's important that parents can protect their children from content which _they_ believe to be inappropriate, but providing boilerplate (such as "adult"/"non-adult") turns parents into sheeple.
Agreed. I prefer to determine for myself what is appropriate for my child. What someone else considers adult, I may consider appropriate or even required for my child to view. -Doug