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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Do you think that children should be excluded from the internet until they are 18?
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That would be incredibly stupid, and impossible to do.
Also, what is so special about 18 ? Does something magic happen on the day people turn 18 ?
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I do hope that this is a success as, if it isn't, I fear that the days of people being able to interact freely could be numbered.
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Um, thats exactly what such rules would achieve, by design they would block 'free interaction'.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Attempts to make site owners behave more responsibly and protect the vulnerable have failed miserably.
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Site owners are not responsible for what people post.
If you get hate mail its not the fault of the postman that delivered it.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
If this fails, for whatever reason, the next step could be to ban anonymous postings or even ban the ability to interact freely without pre moderation of all posts.
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You have totally lost the plot now.
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It's also important to keep in mind that the vast majority won't be impacted
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So this is a small minority issue then, so not really a problem at all, and certainly not in need of ridiculous actions.