Friday, August 01, 2008

Censorship

http://www.misaustralia.com/viewer.aspx?EDP://1217209400637

I think that as a good Christian I am supposed to be all for this kind of censorship. But I'm not.

1) It's unrealistic, because there is no way that all porn can be blocked. It's only ever going to be "good enough"
2) It doesn't fix the base problem (most kids don't "accidentally" stumble onto bad sites). It's a nanny state reaction rather than letting people make their own choices, and taking responsibility for those choices.
3) It's a way for the government to look like doing something about a problem without actually doing anything specific. Educate, don't censor.
4) I don't trust censorship like this, because there is always an option to take it further. Like if some national security issue comes up the government might decide to block anti-government content "for our protection", and so on. I guess I just don't trust government.

Yes porn is not good for Christians to be looking at. No this censorship will not solve the problem. Educate your children, make sure that them (and you) are not placed in a situation where you might compromise, and don't give such power to government. See also: China.

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