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Username: mystwoman
Date/Time: Wed, November 15, 2000 at 9:00 PM GMT
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Subject: denying .kids right to exist a censorship in itself

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      You cannot change the fact that parents do have control over what their children access, even if you personally do not agree with what they are allowed to access, or whether or not they will or will not access it. To argue against that denies the existence of parents at all. Since some parents want this, and as it does not exclude the rights of other parents to access whatever they want, for them or on behalf of their kids, you must accept their right to choose that. If not, you are preventing them from claiming their rights to parent as they choose. Participation in the .kids content will be as always on the internet, a choice. More choices do not delimit growth.
The internet will grow and change according to these norms at any rate, without specific dependence on .kids and its activities. I would argue that the internet is already biased in favor of adults and that children need a green space on it simply to define a piece of real estate separate from the mutltitude. For those that cannot handle the efforts of parents to guide their children as they wish, you may voice your objections, on the internet or in person, but you can't revoke their rights to assemble what materials or activities they would put together for their own families. To say that .kids is censorship is untrue, denying .kids is the censorship.
     


 


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