Should Pornography, Hate speak, and Spam, a right to be expressed (or tolerated) on the internet?
To answer the question of whether or not Pornography, Hate Speak, or Spam should be a right, or should be tolerated on the internet, I will have to speak purely from my opinion, as I do not feel that there can be a right or wrong answer. Although I feel that the extreme cases of these different sorts of taboo should not be tolerated, or permitted I do feel it is necessary to permit all. The reason I say this is it would be too difficult to distinguish where to draw the line, as this is a purely ethical topic. If we restrict the use of Pornography, will that mean we cannot display eBooks of how to breast feed, or if we restrict the right for Hate Speak, would that mean that Anne Frank’s diary cannot be published on the internet? Spam is probably the most difficult topic; however I do feel that the restrictions on this should be limited as well, I feel it should be largely the responsibility of the search engines, and ISP’s to keep these issues under wraps, rather than making laws about them.
I feel as human beings we have a responsibility to respect other people’s rights, and belief systems, but I do not feel that any nation has the responsibility to restrict their citizen’s rights because it may offend someone. There are pros and cons of this view, but I feel that if we do attempt to restrict these rights, we will hurt more people than we would help. The internet took John Dunne’s idea of “No man is an island” far beyond what he might have comprehended. But the fact of the matter is, no matter what you cannot make everybody happy, and if this information is not displayed on the internet it will be expressed as it always has been in literature, music, and art. So it may be arrogant, and egocentric of me, but I feel that we should have little to no governing on these issues, regardless of how the rest of the globe may feel.
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