UGGGHHHH!!!! Home Censorship?

[Druidus]

I tried to go to a couple of my Druidic online haunts just now, and every website I go to is blocked by Norton as an "Occult/New Age" site. Why? What's wrong with Occult/New Age. It's easy enough for me to get by it, but obviously, my parents didn't want me to be reading it. Is this right? Should they be able to control my pursuits of information? By all rights this website should be blocked, because I am exposed to different ideas than Catholic Christianity.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Should they be able to control my pursuits of information?

If you are not of legal age, then YES!

 

[Druidus]

Is that what you believe, or what you know to be legal? All I know is that my children will be free to pursue whatever religious information they desire.

 

[Scuba Pete]

As are mine... but they have the right to censor you until you reach legal age.

BTW, my daughter is Wiccan and my son is agnostic.

 

[No*s]

I don't have a clue why Norton would block that. Your posts hint that your parents set it up to block it, so is this the case?

 

[Rex]

Don't let them block us

 

[Druidus]

Unsure. However, by just typing https instead of http let's me bypass most of the warnings. Unless the site doesn't have a secure server. I just think that this should not be a right of a parent. Children should be allowed to explore new ideas.

 

[lousyskater]

wow, that sucks. you should talk to your parents about that.

 

[No*s]

I'm not going to say what a parent can or can't do there. I certainly know there can be abuses, but the same parent can be far-sighted and knows their child. That leaves me with precisely nothing...and thus waisting a few electrons .

 

[Bastet]

Ask them about it in a non-confrontational way...find out why they blocked those kinda sites. They could have just been trying to block porn from you, and the program has taken it further. I tried to open my emails once at work, and there was a daily newsletter from 365Gay.com, which has GLBT related news. The net-nanny program had a hissy and wouldn't open my email (and then closed the browser window), because it had the word 'gay' in it (no naughty pictures or anything, just links to the articles on the site). I wasn't impressed...but these programs can't differentiate enough to know the difference between news and porn.

 

[Godless Dave]

I don't have a clear opinion on whether parents should have the right to restrict their minor children's access to religious web sites, but I feel confident in saying anyone who thinks there's something harmful about "Occult/New Age" has a hole in their head.

 

[kreeden]

Are they blocked , or is the program just warning you ? Either way , I think it best to talk to your parents and find their reasons .

BTW IMHO no one has the right to run Norton .... hate the product myself .

 

[michel]

Druidus,

We parents can often be over protective of our young for the best possible reasons, but with results that actually 'do more damage' than good.

I learned a lot from bringing up my first son (there are six years between the two of them);
one lesson was one that maybe your parents haven't thought of - that if a parent tells a child(however old - don't forget that to a parent a child will always be a child) not to do something, it immediately 'ups the ante' psychologically in the child's mind. None of us, I believe, can learn by the mistakes of others; we can only learn by our own mistakes!

Hope this helps!

 

[Scuba Pete]

I heard a lady once remark that the first child should be disposable! I understand where she is coming from!

 

[Valjean]

The ease by which Druidus got around the block says a lot the actual ability of parents to censor the internet.

 

[linwood]

The ease by which Druidus got around the block says a lot the actual ability of parents to censor the internet.

I`m able to censor the internet just fine for my kids when I need to.

They can`t use the PC..done.

Other than that..it`s a free for all and any half attempt is futile anyway.

Druidus just ask them if they included new age wiccan sites on puprose and if they did ask them why.

From there you can show them why it`s wrong.

They may still censor it but they`ll know they`re wrong to do so.

 

[Godless Dave]

I`m able to censor the internet just fine for my kids when I need to.

They can`t use the PC..done.

The Off switch! It works for TV too!