[COLUG] Parents Censoring Kids Web Access

[Aaron Howard]

On 10/15/06, Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
>
> It might be that Aaron knows (or feels) that strong control of internet
> access really is the best course of action for his kids.  Only he can
> make that decision, since only he knows all of the variables involved in
> his kids' development to date.
>

Hehe.  For the record, I do not block anything.  And I don't really
plan to start.  I do currently run everything through a transparent
squid proxy and log web access.  My children know this.  Frankly, I
agree with Jim, Dave, and Scott.

My futile attempt at turning a political thread into a technological,
if not practical (as in, fine, if we're going to talk about censoring,
let's do it in a "how do I use Free and Open Source Software to censor
the web" kind of way) conversation with a sense of (subtle?) irony
embedded directly in the question...has turned into a philosophical
discussion on the merits of censoring children's access to Internet
content and Parenting 101.

I fail at the interweb.


-Aaron