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by unprepare 4164 days ago
But parental controls are a feature that the market can easily solve without the need for government enforced internet censorship.

government IS NOT your childs caretaker

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Right, what is government is doing when a sexual predator has to register and not live near a school? Isn't it taking care of the children of the community. Public Policy is more complicated than bumper sticker slogans.
Wow what an insane example.

First, there a major difference between restrictions placed on convicted criminals, and restrictions placed on every citizen of an entire country.

Second, one represents a danger to the physical safety of others, and the other represents something that you would prefer your child not to see - do you not see a stark difference between a child being kidnapped and raped, and a child accidentally clicking onto a pornographic website?

Its not that complicated - we punish those who have committed crimes, we do not do so preemptively to entire populations.