sal and the driving force of human nature to beat the system and strive against the establishment. Although the problem of censorship is complex it is not without a sensible solution that keeps a sense of decency in the online world without infringing on its rights to free speech. The decision making matrix clearly outlines a responsible solution to this problem. Today there are numerous software packages like SurfWatch and Net Nanny that filter out material that is deemed "objectionable" by the user. The software once installed on the users computer will black out pages containing material the user does not want to see. These programs usually have blacklists of the most popular "objectional" sites and can steer the novice web-surfer away from anything indecent or unacceptable by any community standard. These software packages are available now, are free and are extremely effective. This solution is the most easily implemented as it is available now and does nothing to alter the structure of the internet as it stands now. You cannot gain access to indecent material unless you are actively looking for it, so the prospect of a small child stumbling across a huge cache of indecent material is extremely unlikely. Also more and more web pages require an age verification of some sort before anything "bad" is displayed on the screen. This makes it extremely difficult for minors to gain access. Many right wing groups argue that this is merely a band-aid solution and the objectional material is still out there. Unfortunately these are the same groups that want Power Rangers to be banned from TV as they think it is responsible for the violent nature of some of our children. The ideas of people have never been homogenous and what one person deems objectionable is completely acceptable to another. Tolerance of ideas is what makes society work and that is why mediums like television have taken the middle road with positive results. Networks have not...
