New bill banning the web?

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

And despite all of these "think of the children" episodes, the law doesn't serve the needs of the children particularly well, except in the minds of the multitude of lunatics who see sex criminals everywhere, and in the minds of those who exploit that perception to political advantage.

Agreed, and in my opinion, worse: it diverts attention and resourses from more productive solutions like (dare I say it?) education.

These days our country is so focused on protecting everyone from percieved risks that we're becoming a herd without the will or wit to judge whether the risk is real and take appropriate steps ourselves. Present company excluded.