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Argument Paper: Censorship and the Internet

Internet Argument Paper: Censorship and the Internet

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past couple ofyears you have no doubt heard about the internet, thousands of computers all over the world linked together with libraries of information and the ability to exchange messages with people all over the world. You can find almost anything you would want on the internet- books, essays, games, news, pictures, etc.- placed there by other users. The information is loosely organized, and, once you are hooked up to the internet through a computer, free to everyone. But this freedom has caused problems. Because there are no restrictions to what anyone puts on the internet, and a wide variety of people use it, some of it can be offensive to many people, sending rude or annoying messages, for example.

But the biggest problem is with the areas that have been used to distribute pornographic computer images. Anyone can load and display one of these pictures on his computer screen, and understandably many people have become concerned. These are not just a few pictures of unclothed women but also virtual databases of such things as child pornography, bondage, and bestiality that any child with a computer can get to with ease.

A couple of years ago it was Senator Exon from Nebraska who had taken the lead in proposing legislation that would ban certain types of things from being placed on the internet. Although at first it sounds like a good idea, I am opposed to censorship on the internet. So that my intentions are not misunderstood, let me first state that I do not condone pornography. I believe pornography is not only degrading to women and offensive but also morally wrong. I understand and support what Senator Exon and others were trying to accomplish, but I think the proposed method is misguided. There are much better and easier methods available.

One of the primary reasons why this legislation is a bad idea is because it will be difficult to enforce and therefore will raise the price of access to the internet. It is difficult to enforce any rules or standard on the internet because no one owns or manages it. The internet is essentially just many computers attached to each other and set up so that...

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