Why should I be made to suffer.

[Tony Erikson 10]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13641451

 

Yet again due to crap parents not being able to look after their kids properly the normal bloke in the street will suffer. The PM wants all new computers to come with porn blocked by default. Why should I have to go through the rigmarole of altering aspects of my operating system just because some parent leaves their porn bookmarks lying around.

 

How can Primark get away with dressing little girls up like slappers yet I have to struggle to get my daily fix.

 

Do you agree people? I think it's a disgrace.

[denlin 12]

If you are serious then you are the disgrace, you need to grow up

[Tony Erikson 10]

If you are serious then you are the disgrace, you need to grow up

 

The comments on the site echo my thoughts. Why do I have to release my machine to do the thing the Internet was designed for?

 

Do you think it's ok to dress kids up sexually but just not let them watch it?

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13641451

 

Yet again due to crap parents not being able to look after their kids properly the normal bloke in the street will suffer. The PM wants all new computers to come with porn blocked by default.

To be fair the article only says that it should be easier to buy a computer with adult content already blocked. That isn't "all new computers", and even if it was all new computers, you aren't suffering because you can turn the block off.

[Grandad.Malky 11]

When my kids were small I set up a child lock / parental control …….. it blocked virtually everything and made the internet practically unusable , I found the best way was to let them know that their browsing was being monitored rather than blocked.

 

I wonder how many of the concerned parents let their children have a PC or laptop in their bedroom where they have no control over what they are watching.

[Celeb 10]

Would I still be able to watch porn on my PC and other adult owners?

Edited June 4, 2011 by Celeb

[Tony Erikson 10]

To be fair the article only says that it should be easier to buy a computer with adult content already blocked. That isn't "all new computers", and even if it was all new computers, you aren't suffering because you can turn the block off.

 

I agree and in all honesty it won't affect me in the slightest, all my porn is on DVD.

 

It's just yet another example of trying to ban something or eliminate something because some parents can't be arsed to watch over their children. There's examples of parents on here who will buy their kids the latest 18 rated game then blame the game when the child kills someone.

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

It's just yet another example of trying to ban something or eliminate something because some parents can't be arsed to watch over their children.

Maybe, but I can't agree fully because there are some adults who own a PC and wouldn't know how to block content on it. It is solving that problem.

 

There are some parts of the article that are silly though.

 

The problem is that we have the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the UK, the highest rate of abortion," she said. "We have an over-sexualisation of this culture which is everywhere."

 

Holland has the same access to the internet we have, but much more advanced sexual education. You can't just block a bit of porn and expect the problems of sex in society to evaporate.

[Tony Erikson 10]

Maybe, but I can't agree fully because there are some adults who own a PC and wouldn't know how to block content on it. It is solving that problem.

 

There are some parts of the article that are silly though.

 

The problem is that we have the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the UK, the highest rate of abortion," she said. "We have an over-sexualisation of this culture which is everywhere."

 

Holland has the same access to the internet we have, but much more advanced sexual education. You can't just block a bit of porn and expect the problems of sex in society to evaporate.

 

That's the thing, you would have thought we had learned from drug policy.

 

And parents don't need to be tech savvy to see what's on screen. It's not hard to remove a plug.

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

It's not hard to remove a plug.

Indeed. Or to say "what you lookin at son?". I don't agree with removing responsibility from the parent.

 

On the other hand it isn't that difficult to turn any adult block off, especially on your own computer, so you're not really suffering too much are you?

[Tony Erikson 10]

Indeed. Or to say "what you lookin at son?". I don't agree with removing responsibility from the parent.

 

On the other hand it isn't that difficult to turn any adult block off, especially on your own computer, so you're not really suffering too much are you?

 

Truth be told? No but all this banning stuff to protect the children will one day get very silly.

[Grandad.Malky 11]

And parents don't need to be tech savvy to see what's on screen. It's not hard to remove a plug.

 

Or put the PC in a room were “everyone” can see it until the children are older.