Internet Censorship/Parental Control, Wrong or Not? Options

[firechild]

Pros:
They can't see anything you don't want "them" too.
Cons:
Stifles creativity and "freedom" of speech (not all that free anymore)

Your Ideas?

[firechild]

i think [personally] its cutting people off from the real world.
no opinion on parental control.

Censorship is just dumb and should be reserved for banana republic governments. Once you cut off information [Audial, Visual, Or Textual] you limit the person's capacity to learn new information [i.e. a new language, memorize a line of a poem, ect.]

Parental Control would me much easier if the kids knew why, it was bad and [hopefully] they won't do it often.

edit: http://www.websense.com/content/censorship-policy.aspx

[Maccabee]

i think [personally] its cutting people off from the real world.
no opinion on parental control.

Censorship is just dumb and should be reserved for banana republic governments. Once you cut off information [Audial, Visual, Or Textual] you limit the person's capacity to learn new information [i.e. a new language, memorize a line of a poem, ect.]

Parental Control would me much easier if the kids knew why, it was bad and [hopefully] they won't do it often.

edit: http://www.websense.com/content/censorship-policy.aspx

I thought you were only talking about adult content and inappropriate words. Why would you sensor wikipedia? I hope my kids dont know how to clear history. But I would want them to have their own computers.