On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:56:06 +0000 Scott James Remnant <sc...@canonical.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:07 +0000, Andrew Sayers wrote: > > > It seems to me that putting computers in shared spaces (e.g. the > > family living room) encourages users to police themselves, as well > > as letting everyone spend more time together. > > > And when you go out, your child will still head straight onto the > Internet to look at porn - just like you did. > > I'll never understand the modern parents attempts to "protect" their > children from websites in their own bookmarks list. > > Scott Sorry the reply is OT, but I cant resist adding a foot note to it. The more you try to stop kids from doing something, the more they want to do it. If you really want to stop them from looking at porn, give it to them, they will soon get bored, there's only so many ways you can look at the same thing. Maybe this "nanny " attitude which is prevalent in the UK is the reason the the UK has one of the highest teenage pregnancy levels in the world. Please, please do not make Ubuntu into a a censorship tool. I always believed that Ubuntu and its variants had great educational values -- Best wishes Richard Bown ##################################################################### Registered Linux User 36561 OS: Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid, on AMD Dual Athlon 64 +4400: 8 GB RAM DDR2 Ham Call: G8JVM , QRA IO82SP, Interests Microwave ##################################################################### -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
