RE: What can ISPs do better? Removing racism out of internet

[bzs () theworld com]

Netnanny is mostly sold for parents to put on their children's access.

You're not thinking this through.

Promote third-party curation, those who never want to see content they
find disturbing can PURCHASE* that service rather than bugging their
congressperson to demand that ISPs provide this for everyone for free
by law.

* No reason it couldn't be ad-supported but I hope you get my point.

On August 7, 2019 at 16:34 kmedcalf () dessus com (Keith Medcalf) wrote:
> On Wednesday, 7 August, 2019 13:38, bzs () theworld com wrote:
>
> > I propose that the RIGHT THING TO DO would be to seek out, promote
> > (to >both customers and the public), and support various curation 
> > services like netnanny.
>
> IANAP (I Am Not A Psychiatrist) however, persons who, when reading or hearing the words of others cannot control the 
> images which leap, unbidden, into their minds causing them to offend themselves or otherwise instill in themselves a 
> self-created state of distress, should, IMHO, seek professional help from a trained and certified mental health 
> professional who may be able to help them overcome their mental disability either through psychotherapy or the 
> administration of psychoactive drugs.
>
> I do not think NetNanny is a certified mental health professional in any jurisdication -- at least not those within 
> the NANOG region.
>
> -- 
> The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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