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I was listening to Radio From Hell this morning. They were mentioning this news story. I'm all for keeping things from kids that they're really too young for. The commentary on the radio was how such bills are really aimed at lazy parents. Amen. Most, if not all, ISPs provide a lot of filtering services. There are third party filters that are available. Now I'm not arguing for porn in every home, I am arguing for parents to raise their own damn children. Why are my tax dollars raising their kids? Why is legislation even being considered when it's unnecessary. Parents already have the means, if not the inclination, to keep their kids off of web pages or channels they don't want the kids seeing. "But I'm so busy that I don't have time to check what they're watching all the time." If you're too busy to make sure you're kids are being raised right, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD KIDS! If you can't find the time to work with your kids and teach them your values, then it seems like you don't care enough. Raising kids is a lot of work, I've heard, and they do learn from a lot of different sources, but the ultimate judge of what sources and how much and when your kids are exposed to them is you the parent. If you can't do that, if you can't raise you own kids, then maybe you should consider a cat, or a fern, or better yet how about a pet rock? You should be able to handle that.