oliphant
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...and ushers in a new age where anything deemed unsightly is cordoned off and filtered by domain name (like controversial political speech).
They can say whatever they want, doesn't mean people have to be exposed to it. This is the same dumbass argument made by spammers and junkfaxers...free speech. Free speech is standing on a street corner spouting whatever stupid sh!t you want to spout, not hijacking my services that I pay for to advertise to me. I have just as much right to filter and cordon, or subscribing to a provider who filters and cordons as they do to say what they're saying.
No one is banning anything...just making it easier for people who don't want to see/hear/read to exercise their right not to see/hear/read it.
And it's not the ones looking to avoid it that are Ghettoitizing things...it's the smut peddlers who use every trick in the book from traps and domain hijacking to using misspellings of popular sites to get hits on their pages who are doing that quite well on their own.
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Minister
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Fleeting | quote:
No one is banning anything...
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DaveNJ
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I agree with the domain idea, but i think what should be enforced is a tag, which the browser can sense, and restrict viewing of the page. Like "content=xxx". This way regardless of domain the page can be filtered by the user.
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oliphant
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The world hasn't ended YET...either.
I think the world ending would be a YET or higher concern.
When there is talk of this YET becoming an IS...then it can be addressed. Until then it is simple paranoia.
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Minister
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| And words are but wind.
I'm very glad you're so optimistic. I wouldn't write it off as paranoia, though. Given the current cultural and political climate, it's something worth discussing, since it impacts the structure of the Internet for many years to come.... |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | That may be true for the domestic political climate, but not global political climate.
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SRFireside
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Keep in mind this is just a url designation. It's not trampling on constitutional rights or restricting access to anything. It's an optional format adult sites can use. Conspiracy theories are all well and good, but this is hardly a reason to be worried. |
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AthlGrond
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said by Minister  :I wouldn't write it off as paranoia, though. Obviously. Since you are the one spouting the paranoia. 
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Fleeting | I am? All I said is it was worthy of discussion. Don't point that thing at me... |
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