UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography and Other Content

Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by touristtam on Monday July 29, 2013 @06:34AM (#6120204)

Tolerance is the word you need to look up. If this technical way to censure the internet is implemented in a society that boast to be free, this is just another way to control information. Which can very easily degenerate into intolerant views.

Just imagine that tomorrow the common view in the UK is that China and all its citizen are the spawn of the devil, and any message coming to contradict this is to be censored out of the british internet, because it goes against the official view .... Only the technical savy being able to see what are the views from of others outside the UK.

Imposing your view onto others is not the way forward.

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Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by alexlawford on Monday July 29, 2013 @11:06AM (#6121518)

All laws are, in effect, a form of imposing the views of some onto others. Tolerence is a word that is held in such esteem as to be almost untouchable in our generation. I understand its meaning but reject the idea that is the answer to everything. A sexual appetite for children, for example, should not be tolerated (I'd imagine we agree). We simply draw our own lines at different points.

I agree with the general sentiment that the government regularly over step their mark in terms of involvement in our lives and attempts to control our activity and freedom of expression. However, I am happy to see voices speaking up against pornography which I see as a plague on our society.

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