Comments on: PCs dangerous for kids: Bill Gates http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423/comment-page-1#comment-134661 Reader's Write Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:48:54 +0000 #comment-134661 Friend Don't feed the trolls :) Friend

Don’t feed the trolls :)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423/comment-page-1#comment-134337 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:27:06 +0000 #comment-134337 "violating our children's privacy and free speech rights with censorware." Children have privacy and free speech? In what context? To what extent? Do parents have any amount of responsibility that weighs heavier than a child's "rights"? How do you feel about government having power that superscedes the rights of an individual? The truth is, you'd have us running around with nobody in charge, which would mean having those with the greatest brute force or numbers in charges. Anarchy is just that--anarchy. Give your pseudo-philosophizing a rest. Probably just a teenager who doesn't want to be told what to do, aren't you? “violating our children’s privacy and free speech rights with censorware.”

Children have privacy and free speech? In what context? To what extent? Do parents have any amount of responsibility that weighs heavier than a child’s “rights”? How do you feel about government having power that superscedes the rights of an individual?

The truth is, you’d have us running around with nobody in charge, which would mean having those with the greatest brute force or numbers in charges. Anarchy is just that–anarchy.

Give your pseudo-philosophizing a rest. Probably just a teenager who doesn’t want to be told what to do, aren’t you?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423/comment-page-1#comment-134247 Reader's Write Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:22:05 +0000 #comment-134247 Gates was saying same thing at launch of Vista few weeks ago in UK on the BBC. Gates was saying same thing at launch of Vista few weeks ago in UK on the BBC.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423/comment-page-1#comment-134118 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:54:53 +0000 #comment-134118 ___Censorware and logs aren't the answer to keeping kids safe online. No-nonsense education and trust are. ___ As a home-schooling parent, I couldn't agree more. Cheers! ___Censorware and logs aren’t the answer to keeping kids safe online. No-nonsense education and trust are. ___

As a home-schooling parent, I couldn’t agree more.

Cheers!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11423/comment-page-1#comment-134117 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:42:24 +0000 #comment-134117 It's a real shame that we as a people feel the need to not only censor the content our children see, but also monitor it too. Yes, I know that there are things on this great big Internet of ours that should never see the light of day, let alone the eyes of a child, but that doesn't mean that we should constantly be violating our children's privacy and free speech rights with censorware. Censorware alone was bad enough, but logs cross the line from parental concern into Big Brother-style snooping. Trying to block sites is one thing. Logging what sites are actually accessed at any given time by someone else is quite another. If you are a parent and you are tempted to use logging software on your kids, ask yourself, "Am I really that much better than the Chinese government in doing this?" Censorware and logs aren't the answer to keeping kids safe online. No-nonsense education and trust are. Just like with other parental controls, children will one day come across a device with said controls disabled or non-existent. In this increasingly electronic world of ours, that day may come sooner that you think, and reliance on the controls alone without giving proper guidance will only encourage kids to find non-restrictive access to what they want. It’s a real shame that we as a people feel the need to not only censor the content our children see, but also monitor it too. Yes, I know that there are things on this great big Internet of ours that should never see the light of day, let alone the eyes of a child, but that doesn’t mean that we should constantly be violating our children’s privacy and free speech rights with censorware.

Censorware alone was bad enough, but logs cross the line from parental concern into Big Brother-style snooping. Trying to block sites is one thing. Logging what sites are actually accessed at any given time by someone else is quite another. If you are a parent and you are tempted to use logging software on your kids, ask yourself, “Am I really that much better than the Chinese government in doing this?”

Censorware and logs aren’t the answer to keeping kids safe online. No-nonsense education and trust are. Just like with other parental controls, children will one day come across a device with said controls disabled or non-existent. In this increasingly electronic world of ours, that day may come sooner that you think, and reliance on the controls alone without giving proper guidance will only encourage kids to find non-restrictive access to what they want.

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