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Should the internet be policed?Why?
elemis:
--- Quote from: ~Alpha on January 04, 2011, 05:54:58 am ---Then, why do we have courts, armies and the police force in real life?
I would say censoring is a form of policing.
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Lets be honest here. Does Pornography hurt you or me ? No. It is a vile, disgusting thing, but if a person sits down and watches it he is causing no harm to me.
It may be morally wrong but constitutes no harm to me, so why should I care.
I agree you may want to protect your children/youngsters of the next generation. Then go out and buy a program that blocks such sites.
Once you begin policing the internet you encroach on the freedom of expression of an individual.
Take China for example. Do you know what happened after the Tienanmen Square riots ? Hundreds of students were publicly executed.
Till today, if you type in the word Tienanmen Square into Google in China you will see a blocked page.
Policing the internet may bring about certain benefits (I wont disagree with that) but its potential for misuse is far greater.
SalmaFAR:
--- Quote from: ~Alpha on January 04, 2011, 06:07:13 am ---Just like we determine the wrongs and the rights in reality.
And about the grey, like FB, if the sites cannot be policed, the activities and contents can.
P.S. Yeah, I recognized the SMS broken English. It's a wonderful attempt. Well done. :) +rep
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Explain this rep thing to me pls..:)
Alpha:
--- Quote from: Ari Ben Canaan on January 04, 2011, 06:13:40 am ---Lets be honest here. Does Pornography hurt you or me ? No. It is a vile, disgusting thing, but if a person sits down and watches it he is causing no harm to me.
It may be morally wrong but constitutes no harm to me, so why should I care.
I agree you may want to protect your children/youngsters of the next generation. Then go out and buy a program that blocks such sites.
Once you begin policing the internet you encroach on the freedom of expression of an individual.
Take China for example. Do you know what happened after the Tienanmen Square riots ? Hundreds of students were publicly executed.
Till today, if you type in the word Tienanmen Square into Google in China you will see a blocked page.
Policing the internet may bring about certain benefits (I wont disagree with that) but its potential for misuse is far greater.
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Later for long posts. Much later. ;)
--- Quote from: SalmaFAR on January 04, 2011, 06:18:00 am ---Explain this rep thing to me pls..:)
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It's the heart-shaped icon below your nick. If I like anything you posted, I +rep you.
Your reputation is shown by the green bars and the reputation power is given too.
SalmaFAR:
--- Quote from: Ari Ben Canaan on January 04, 2011, 06:13:40 am ---Once you begin policing the internet you encroach on the freedom of expression of an individual.
Take China for example. Do you know what happened after the Tienanmen Square riots ? Hundreds of students were publicly executed.
Till today, if you type in the word Tienanmen Square into Google in China you will see a blocked page.
Policing the internet may bring about certain benefits (I wont disagree with that) but its potential for misuse is far greater.
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I agree...Information is an extremely powerful force...and trying to control that will bring many problems...
@Alpha I don't think we can equate the real world with the virtual world because whatever it is, you clicked!! What I mean to say is, we have huge control over our virtual activities on the net, be it privacy settings on Facebook, or Anti-Porn software for kids, and as such I think policing should be personal...
But, (lots of buts in this argument), I agree that some sort of, for need of a better word, "policing", is needed...(I'm thinking of porn, drugs, and abuse of kids) but we need to come up with a system that allows for personal freedom as well...which quite honestly, I dont see happening anytime soon! :(
Assi1993:
i think we should have a cyber police !!! OFCOURSE..!!
there are lots of social networking websites..and people humiliate each other...hack others ids...make their fake accounts...and blackmaiL !!
and its all annoying ...!
now that internet is being soo populated..there should be cyber police..
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