[8420] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Kid Code
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Behlendorf)
Wed Jun 21 14:44:07 1995
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@organic.com>
To: Urb LeJeune <lejeune@acy.digex.net>
Cc: www-talk@www10.w3.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950620085558.28237K-100000@acy1.digex.net>
On Tue, 20 Jun 1995, Urb LeJeune wrote:
> This discussion about kid code reminds me of people who buy a house
> near a functioning airport and immediately start a movement to close the
> airport. Why should the long-standing nature and culture of the Internet
> change just because some new arrivials don't like the content? There are
> commercial online services who police their content. Why not just send
> kids there?
I think what we're all discussing is a generalizable, voluntary mechanism so
that those who want to police their content are empowered to do so,
without touching a hair on the heads of those who wish to not have their
content policed.
Brian
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