At 03:36 PM 6/17/2003, you wrote:
They are able
to do so now. It's called "free will"
and "choice". Anyone
who doesn't want to look at an article on anal sex
probably shouldn't click
on a link to it. I wasn't aware that people ran into
objectionable content
accidently. Call me crazy, but I don't see how
people are going to be
blindsided by the felching article. No one is going
to go there unless they
either know what it is and want to read about it, or
DON'T know what it is
and want to know what it is... and they shortly WILL
know when they read
the article.
What if they press 'random page'?
Yeah, so, when I was reading Jimbo's message and formulating a response in
my head, I had more ideas than I could recall when it came time to write my
response. Damn you for noticing one of the things I forgot to include. ;)
Well, the statistical likelihood is small (odds are that they'll get a
rambot page) but hey, that's the whole point of random.
Even if they do manage to "random" onto the felching page, there's no
reason they have to read past the point where they realize that it's a
topic that might offend them. Are we really becoming so skittish as a
society that it would be an unimaginable catastrophe if some prude has to
read something that they found offensive for five seconds?
Let's say I find televangelists offensive. If I'm channel surfing and
happen to catch a few seconds of a sermon before I realize what it is and
click the channel change button, am I going to get all bent out of shape?
No. You know why? Cause I'm not a goddamn idiot.
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"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
neutrality in times of great moral crisis."
-Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321