http://lisagoldman.net/2007/06/07/hands-off-my-mouse/ Previously On the Face Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lisagoldman.net/2007/06/07/hands-off-my-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 http://pixane.net/lisa/?p=372#comment-2178 Thanks for covering this, Lisa. I had not heard of this bill. Of course you're right that people should not engage in anti-religious mudslinging. But I am afraid that you are not really going to convince the other side that "censorship is wrong, full stop" either. The <em>haredi</em> elite and large parts of the public see censorship and surveillance as absolutely crucial to the maintenance of their ways of life. There is no real private sphere for unmarried individuals in that world - or at least, there aren't too many people who would invest energy in defending it. Not that it gets much better for married people. I am not saying this to denigrate that way of life; but I think those who care about this encroachment on their freedom should make it very clear that this is about a fundamentalist minority trying to impose its norms on the rest of society. Thanks for covering this, Lisa. I had not heard of this bill.
Of course you're right that people should not engage in anti-religious mudslinging. But I am afraid that you are not really going to convince the other side that “censorship is wrong, full stop” either. The haredi elite and large parts of the public see censorship and surveillance as absolutely crucial to the maintenance of their ways of life. There is no real private sphere for unmarried individuals in that world – or at least, there aren't too many people who would invest energy in defending it. Not that it gets much better for married people.
I am not saying this to denigrate that way of life; but I think those who care about this encroachment on their freedom should make it very clear that this is about a fundamentalist minority trying to impose its norms on the rest of society.

]]> http://lisagoldman.net/2007/06/07/hands-off-my-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 http://pixane.net/lisa/?p=372#comment-2179 There is a need to protect children but there have to be better ways. One thing that I think would be useful for all parents is to have a dns server that will only know child friendly sites. (if children try to goto adult sites, then it just will not know the ip address of that site and therefore can not make a connection. (which of course the parents can change later if they want) There is a need to protect children but there have to be better ways. One thing that I think would be useful for all parents is to have a dns server that will only know child friendly sites. (if children try to goto adult sites, then it just will not know the ip address of that site and therefore can not make a connection.
(which of course the parents can change later if they want)

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