he Washington Post reported on a case where a group of investigators signed on to a major computer service with false identifications and pretended to be children. They posted a few innocuous messages on teen bulletin boards and the next day they had ‘solicitations for nude pictures, phone sex, and offers to meet in person for sex’”(Exon, 436). This kind of situation needs to be prevented and censorship would do just that. The scariest by far is the access to terrorist, warfare, and drug related materials. Everyone is more than likely aware of the Columbine shootings that occurred last year. The two kids involved in that incident obtained their information on tactics and bombs off the Internet. There are things on the web that are hard for anyone to imagine. One website that I located sent chills up and down my spine. This site was anarchistcookbook.com. On anarchistcookbook.com a person can find information on “making bombs, plastic explosives, picking locks, counterfeiting money, hot wiring cars, growing marijuana, LSD, as well as how to kill some one”(Anarchistcookbook.com). Law’s state all of the actions listed above as illegal, so why should information on how to perform them be legal on the Internet. It makes no sense.Murder is a horrible thing that takes place around the world everyday. More horrible than a murder, is one that goes unsolved. Many things can contribute to an unsolved murder. One of which is the black market of weapons. On the Internet people can gain access to and even purchase unregistered guns. A gun is registered so it is traceable to its owner. If someone is murdered with an unregistered gun, the gun is not traceable and can contribute to an unsolved murder. There are steps taken to ensure that not just anyone can get a gun. People such as children, the insane, and criminals cannot just purchase a gun. There is also a grace period. This means people have to wait a certain pe...
