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        <title><![CDATA[Best point so far...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...and likely to be the best point on the whole topic. Very nice! Thanks]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[michaellashinsky@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:19:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A lot of us Prudishness...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-390658-3661459]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...stems from its roots as a British colony. (Where did the brits get that big prude stick up the you-know-what?)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:18:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[the person signing up for the internet connection was aged over 18???]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To sign the service contract... you must be 18... this seems like a pointless law.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:51:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perhaps they will ban nursing?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not to defend porn, but what the heck UK.  I thought the US contained most of the worlds non-Islamic moral dreadnoughts.  Oh wait is this the first steps to introducing sharia law in the British isles?  This in a nation where the news papers have cover pictures that include virtual pasties.Maybe this is a make work law to increase the job opportunities within BT.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bboyd@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:06:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the US, public libraries' 'adult content' filter]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-390658-3659963]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[paints with a pretty broad brush: a student researching the history of atomic testing finds him/herself locked out of accessing such lascivious info as the existence and/or location of 'Bikini Atoll'. To the arbiters of 'adult content-hood', it's not just 2-piece swimmies that erode civilization from within, but the coral reef from which their name derives.  I guess British museums will now have to age-verify their patrons, as well (since, from the day they finish nursing, they're expected to disavow the existence of breasts on humans). Good luck with that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hippiekarl]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:01:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Simple concept, impossible to implement]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First of all, the logistics of managing and maintaining what is allowed and not allowed by each ISP subscriber is a monumental task.Second, the task of deciding what is porn, and what is not porn would be a thankless job (or a fantastic job  ). But it would take tremendous amount of cost and infrastructure to build these 'gatekeepers'. Plus, you would then need an enforcement mechanism, which may not be practical or effective if the violators are in other countries.   To make this work there would need to be standards and ratings (think MPAA PG, PG-13, R, etc), however HOW do you then apply those to EVERY image, movie, or written material on the Internet??  Is the victoria's secret catalog porn? What about medical textbooks showing human anatomy? Internet chat rooms can be sometimes totally tame, and other times quite inappropriate...all depends on the users; that's not possible to regulate.  It's simple to create such a law, but applying it would be virtually impossible, and circumventing it would most likely be trivial.    Finally, there is the practical issue that multiple people in a household use the same Internet connection. There is no practical way to let a parent have access to any material while blocking what children can access.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[robo_dev]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And users should have to request access to adult content by phone...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... with the adult content helpdesk staffed by chatty 50 year old ladies who will chat to them before asking what they would like.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:12:04 -0700</pubDate>
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