banned Power Rangers or NYPD Blue and have put responsibility in the hands of the parents where it should be. Television is not a baby sitter, and the internet is not a baby sitter either. Concerned parents can have a V-chip installed so the responsibility is on them to raise their children as they seem fit. The same goes for the online community, concerned individuals can install software that is the internet equivalent of the V-chip, something that can be turned on or off, with varying degrees of sensitivity. If parents must place their children infront of mechanical medium because they are too busy to take care of them, then the parents are concerned about the wrong things in their lives. The internet now is a thriving, teeming world bursting with new ideas and new concepts. We all have the opportunity to take part in it and to be part of its landscape. Although it has grown so much in the past few years it is still it is infancy. With technology changing so fast the video-conferencing capabilities of computers could make videophones available at last in every home. People who can shop today for CD's in online boutiques can tomorrow shop for clothes in virtual malls or design the home of their dreams on their desktop. The internet of the future, will probably not resemble anything we recognize today as it will be more tightly integrated into our lives than ever before. By breaking down the barriers of culture and spanning huge distances it can be one of the greatest forces for change in the twentieth century. However, if it is tampered with by people who do not fully recognize what it is, let alone its potential, the internet will never blossom into what it should become: a way to bring us all closer together. Bibliography Burroughs, Rice. "Cause for Alarm". Available http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause/ December 7 1996 "Decency Undressed". Hotwired Magazine. Available http://www.hotwired/special/censorship Ellerman, Sarah. "Conv...
