uallyexplicit pictures is one of the largest recreational past times of Internetusers.39 At one unnamed university, 13 of 40 most frequently visitednewsgroups had names like "alt.sex.stories", "rec.arts.erotica," and"alt.sex.bondage."40 71% of sexual images on the Internet originally can fromthe thousands of privately owned BBS's whose operators sell their contents at amere $10 to $30 a month(long distance call not included), the largest of thesetake major credit cards and make up to an excess of $1 million a year.41 Theteam found consumers in more then 2,000 cities in all 50 states and 40countries, also in China, where possession of pornography can be a capitaloffense.42The censorship of the Internet should be the responsibility of the child'sparents and not the governments responsibility. There are many options for aparent to use when restraining their child such as informing themselves betterabout what's in the Internet and taking precautions before hand. The averageadult with children on the Internet might very well likely not know as much asthe child.Perhaps a reason people want the government to censor it is because they don'twant to take the time it takes to learn about the Internet and find a privatecensor program. A parent's laziness is no reason to restrict others who enjoyspending their time collecting 'indecent' pictures or reading medical documentsabout sex. The government admitted to being Internet 'dumb' and not knowing ofthe goings on held within a person's computer screen, when one person could beskimming for subjects like fantasy role-playing games, another person might besecretly trading child porn. With over 30 million users on the Internet, noone can guarantee that no pornography will stray down from someone....
