In a time where society moves at a pace faster than most would agree is normal just about the only way to keep up is to be a part of the ever growing internet community. You can do anything from chat with friends to research a history project to buy airline tickets online. At the moment, the Internet is the perfect example of our first amendment, free speech. It is a place where a person can speak their mind without being punished for what they say or how they choose to say it. But also on the Internet, are a huge collection of obscene graphics, Anarchists' cookbooks, and countless other things that offend many people. Almost everyone would agree that this is a big problem. Many people would say that the solution to this problem would be government censorship. This, in my opinion, is not the true answer. The government should not be the ones to censor the internet; it should be the job of a parent to make sure their child does not see anything they shouldn’t.
Government censorship of the internet is not the answer to the problems many see with the internet. First, government censorship is a violation of free speech. The constitution guarantees all citizens the right to free speech. If the government put limits on wha
There is no question about the fact that there is material on the internet that in unsuitable for children. The only question is who should control what these children see online. The answer has to be the parents because the government should not be able to control what we can and can not see.
My experience shows that this can work. If I did a search on a topic and one of the results looked like something I was not supposed to look at I did not open it first because I knew I was not supposed to and secondly out of the sheer embarrassment I would feel if my parents found out. My parents also instilled in me through this that pornography is not a true representation of life and is not, in their opinion, a good thing. Some may say that my case is a rare one but this can work in any instance as long as there is trust between parent and child.
t can be said or viewed on the internet then they would be going back on the foundations of this country. Second, the government has its hand in too much already; the internet does not need to be added to this long list. People complain all the time about how the government intervenes in more than enough aspects of their life, so why should they be involved in o
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