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  From: Andrew Duxorth <awd@seol.net.au>
  To  : Ben Donohue" <donohueb@bvm.com.au>, "O'Connor, Steven <donohueb@bvm.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:32:41 +0930

Re: Opinions on New Internet Bill (While I am still allowed to express them)

The Govt. also seems to forget that there are products available (ie
netnanny) that can prevent kids from viewing particular sites ( if properly
set up).  I think this government wants control of anything they don't
understand!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Donohue <donohueb@bvm.com.au>
To: O'Connor, Steven <Steven.O'Connor@boral.com.au>
Cc: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Opinions on New Internet Bill (While I am still allowed to
express them)


> IMHO,
>
> part of the problem the gov and parents have, seems to be that material
> you wouldn't want your children to see comes from places you don't know
> where.
>
> so why not make a top level domain called .sex right up there with .com
> and .org etc.
>
> then the people who want that type of material know where it is, and the
> people who don't want their children to go there know what to block.
> ISP's don't have to do anything.
>
> i can just see tons of people jumping over themselves to get this sort
> of domain name too. also the industry continues to self regulate itself
> which is what it wants and sites continue to decide what type of domain
> they go into.
>
> also IMHO, if it's so bad you wouldn't want your children to see it, you
> shouldn't be looking at it either.
> (from an ISP who is a father)
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