[BatteryMountain]

Why are children on the internet? Why are the parents not being fined for being irresponsible? Give the kids a loaded gun, its the same as giving them access to the internet. The internet is not a place for children to begin with. Why try to bend the internet to conform? It will destroy the internet as it is as well as all it's freedoms. Oh and it probably won't stop/protect them, as thousands of new sites come & go every year, so impossible to control. Its better to try regulate the children than to regulate the internet.

[Koffiepoeder]

Saying the internet is not a place for children is like saying the street is not for children. Full of drug dealers, cars and danger!

Yet learning how to cross the street is an essential skill in life. They are also filled with flowers, pathways to playgrounds and much more. And that's why children are not forbidden on the streets.

My point being: let's educate instead of regulate. "Regulating the children" is silly and countereffective.

[BatteryMountain]

Are you going to drop off your children at the bar and let them mingle? The internet is filled with huge variety of adult personalities and intentions, some of which are harmful & malicious, or just plain brain numbing.

[tim333]

We do have laws to restrict the cars (speed limits) and drug dealers.

[BatteryMountain]

Is it the car that is speeding or the driver speeding it? Can the car or the road be taken to court?

Is it the knife that kills or person doing the stabbing? Or the knife maker? Can the knife be taken to court?

Is it $website allowing the children on it or the parents allowing them? Can the parents be taken to court?