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If I had young children in the house I would not allow them access to my computer because of that.
I wish there was a 'kiddy-net' for kids, but there isn't.
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All this shielding of children makes me really concerned. I am not sure where you "overprotectors" are currently located, but my educated guess is the united states.
The united states, correct me if i am wrong,
has such a thing as legal hardcore porn.
That does not go for most of europe, with the exception of germany, denmark and sweden.
80-90% of all porn on the internet comes from america. So the problem of porn on the internet is basically americas fault. But it seems that it is americans who are most concerned with their children suddenly bumping into it. Even though they "in theory" have the political power to do something about it.

Maybe you should ban porn from your video stores and magazine stores before you ban it on the internet. I would imagine it equally easy for a kid to find a hard-core magazine and to search for it on the internet.

The internet is not a toy for young children. I didn't get on the internet before I was 13 of age, mainly because there was no internet. But now a days, it's a god-given right to go on the internet , even though you an infant. We simplify even the simple things to allow younger and older audiences on it.

Why do you want your kids to surf the internet in the first place? And why for the love of god do you want them surfing the gnutella net?

Put your priorities straight, because you can't tell the million users out there, agegroup 16-28 (mainly male), that they can't surf porn!