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Calvin
If users of the 'net are concerned about it's content, and what their children may look at/find, there are plenty of actions they can take locally to protect themselves. Some obvious examples:
1. Sit with their children when they are on the 'net
2. Make children use the 'net in a public area like the lounge room so they are under surveillance
3. Consider installing a filtering programme on the computer that minors will use.
If parents are SO concerned about what their children are viewing, might I respectfully suggest that they actually take an interest in their children, instead of expecting the entire country accept degraded and substandard Internet access just so they can be relieved of their parenting responsibilities.
The Internet has some very unpalatable content on it, IF YOU GO LOOKING. The solution is simple however, If you don't like particular content DON'T LOOK !
Attempting to alter the Internet to 'restrict' access to material is likely to cause 10 times more problems than it will solve, and frankly I beleive it will lull a lot of parents into an EXTREMELY FALSE sense of security.