Great Firewall of Cameron: the worst of all worlds for British parents

The internet is where you go to find out about stuff. It should also teach you that…

  • There is lots of nasty stuff out there
  • You cannot believe all you read or see

I have just been reading the ‘femskin’ article. I had no idea there was such a thing, and now I do. I am not sure I will ever use the knowledge, but I am probably somehow richer for having seen it. This is the internet working as it should, even if it can be upsetting at times. If you chop out all the rude bits because you want it to be something you can amuse your children, you kill it. Or worse, you turn it into sucky, wholesome (nearly said ‘Disney’ there, but they don’t deserve that) ‘educational software’.

That’s assuming you could do a perfect job of filtering the Internet. And everyone who knows says you can’t come close.

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