Thursday, June 10, 2010

censorship

People should not be allowed to post absolutely anything they desire up on the internet without some sort of warning label on it. This label informs the person so they are aware of the contents that it contains. People can then read the warning labels and make their own decisions if they want to participate and view it. The forms up on 4chan allows anyone to say anything anonymously lets people express their own opinion and what they truly think without anyone else knowing. If people don’t want to see it then they shouldn’t go to those kinds of forms. In the case of books in school libraries, I think someone should be able to monitor what the children are reading. Parents should be involved in this; they could have some sort of rating program where parents state what they wish their children are allowed to read. Even if a student tries to disobey these rules, they will not succeed in signing out that book. If the parents change their mind, they can sign a form to allow their children to access that kind of material. Students should wait til they are mature and ready to make their own decisions. "We can do a better job of making sure that kids only have access to age appropriate books in the school libraries". They will follow these rules and have certain materials censored. Material that is online and has proper warning labels shouldn't matter because if kids go on those websites at home it will be under their parents supervision and they will be blamed.

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