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CuriousLord -> RE: ATT lost its mind (1/17/2008 10:26:58 PM)
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Ah, it's not so bad. Once they have this system in place, they can start preventing other Internet crimes.. illegal types of porn, for example. Once we're comfy with that, we can root out some of the lurking pedophiles in underaged chat sites. Then we can start looking into drug crimes and get that out of the way. Then we can look for those instances in which people confess to crimes to a friend via email or messenger.
Ah! Everything's working nicely. But I think sadomasochistic porn's pretty twisted. Let's outlaw it now, since we're able to enforce it. You know.. I think someone's criticizing my political party in a manner that resembles a threat to the peace.. let's throw them in jail for a while.
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If ATT takes to this, I hope they go down in flames. The Internet has a common law: "Don't taddle." It allows for so much freedom that's provided what's been a boon to so many. However, once religious juggarnaughts and special interests get a hold of such a power, it could well be damning to any sort of personal freedom.
In the past, liberty has been perserved through the lack of ability to enforce restrictions on it. Some freedoms would've had to have been blantantly attacked to fall. With so much power, though, it would easily be possible to slowly introduce new restrictions.
I'm with the article's author.
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