Funny, everyone wants to protect the children and yet somehow the people who bring these children into the world are not required to do diddly about what or where their kids go?

AOL is currently marketing its 'kids internet' and it was just a short time back when AOL & VISA teamed up for their KIDS VISA program to get kids 12 and older a VISA card... so yep, them big industry leaders sure are doing everything they can to protect the kid. BULL!

As for ASACP or whatever, when they pushed for the xxx TLD i lost total interest in anything they did. It is about money... pure and simple from the so called legal experts who are pushing their own versions of age verification to the CC companies who want more people using their cards, all at the expense of legit business concerns who simply are tarred with being irresponsible because they can. As for invites, hell only industry leaders were invited, so I guess that means unless you a hot shot legal asswipe then you just ain't worthy of their attention.

ASACP talks about setting standards. But only for those who will pay for it. Just doesn't make sense. If you want a standard, then reach out to every webmaster and make it voluntary at no cost. Let the fancy lawyers who are making millions off this industry pay for operating the so called service.

But forget the rant, instead here is my argument. Television is a choice, what you watch or don't is up to you. The government, thanks to the whining miscreants who can't control their own brats viewing habits, insisted that the industry stop showing such filth, and the result, stupid warning messages before the show starts up after commercial breaks. Course for me that's my signal to rush back in from the kitchen or where ever to watch the show but that was the solution for television. So damn, if that is good enough for television shows about butchering kids, rape, incest, murder, theft, and other assorted violence found not only the average prime time show but on the local news (which doesn't require the warnings), then it is all I am prepared to do for my website that has a damn site less objectionable shit than most prime time television shows.... pure and simple and like lets face it, just how many kids see the warning and run to turn off the boob tube? Any?

I will gladly place a warning page, but if I am required to babysit the little urchins, them mommy & daddy better damn well start paying me some money, like any other babysitter gets.