The ACLU And the CROSS

[Steven]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

Because you're the big bad atheist that all the Christians like to pick on.

I think he's referring to a previous post you made in this thread. The one where someone someone's argument was Christ coming back from the dead, and your response was "You're kidding, right?" However he erroneously quoted the wrong person from the wrong post, thus the confusion.

Interesting.

[jamarquez]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

Because you're the big bad atheist that all the Christians like to pick on.

ha ha ha...

[Admin]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

True there is a lot of sex and violence on TV, but that's because it sells. If you start censoring that more than it already is, the people who aren't offended will start to complain. You can't please everyone. So those who are offended by what's on TV should avoid the offensive programs and watch the shows that they do like. That's why all shows announce the rating before it starts ("This show is rated TV-MA.") It makes it easier to decide what shows to watch with your family and which will be more suitable for "mature audiences".

I really hope the ICANN wises up and propose and enact a law that separates website that contains any adult content material to .sex domain from all Top Level Domains. Think about the innocent children and internet surfers who had NO intention to view such material in the first place! The world wide web would be such a safer place.

[Keng]

Originally Posted by KayCee

I really hope the ICANN wises up and propose and enact a law that separates website that contains any adult content material to .sex domain from all Top Level Domains. Think about the innocent children and internet surfers who had NO intention to view such material in the first place! The world wide web would be such a safer place.

Maybe they should be more smart when they are browsing?

[zoedragon]

Originally Posted by KayCee

I really hope the ICANN wises up and propose and enact a law that separates website that contains any adult content material to .sex domain from all Top Level Domains. Think about the innocent children and internet surfers who had NO intention to view such material in the first place! The world wide web would be such a safer place.

I don't know how many times I had no intention of viewing such material and all of a sudden I'm bombarded with sex ads while searching for something else. It's especially embarrassing if it happens at work accidently and a coworker comes over to talk to you! Those sex ads are the worst! You close one and 5 others pop up in its place! Sometimes the only way to stop it is to hit the Esc key continuously so the popup's content doesn't load, then I can close it without spawning 5 more.

[Steven]

Originally Posted by Keng

Maybe they should be more smart when they are browsing?

I agree with this.

[Admin]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

Thanks for the explanation. They must have deep, deep pockets. How else could they afford to be suing all the time AND have a gigantic church in the middle of Santa Monica (a VERY expensive place to rent property)?

Is this that one church near (few blocks away in the boulevard) the movie theatre and the large shopping mall?

[zoedragon]

Originally Posted by KayCee

Is this that one church near (few blocks away in the boulevard) the movie theatre and the large shopping mall?

It's across the street from the SM Post Office, which is a block east from the 3rd Street Promenade.

[Admin]

Originally Posted by Keng

Maybe they should be more smart when they are browsing?

Tell that to elementary/junior high and seniors. There are deceiving websites that try to lure innocent people into their website so that they can make pennies out of people. Domains with a missing alphabet can take you to an adult website and it was the webmaster's intention to mislead people.

[zoedragon]

Talking about misleading people, this happened just today. My coworker regularly uses sqldev.net as a reference for some of his work. Today by accident he went to sqldev.COM instead of .NET and BAM his computer was hit with loads of very aggressive spyware. He's no beginner, but even he had a tough time dealing with it. Porn isn't the only nasty thing out there.

BTW whatever you do, DO NOT VISIT sqldev.com! Not unless you want your computer to be infected. All you have to do is visit and it will install all sorts of crap without you clicking a single thing. (You might be safe if you're using a Mac or Linux, but I don't know. I wouldn't risk it.)

[Steven]

Originally Posted by KayCee

Tell that to elementary/junior high and seniors. There are deceiving websites that try to lure innocent people into their website so that they can make pennies out of people. Domains with a missing alphabet can take you to an adult website and it was the webmaster's intention to mislead people.

If the user is too young to understand proper use of the internet, then they should be guided by someone who does. If the user is old enough to understand proper use of the internet, then he or she should be taught to do so rather than being sheltered.