01-09-2007, 01:07 AM
I have never been an advocate of censorship. Being somewhat of a freelance writer, I am all for letting the public and the young people of the land read whatever is out there on the market. I do believe in careful placement of reading material. So for example you are not going to place Teen Life next to Playboy (or worse) on the magazine stand. In the library, they don't put the children's books next to the women's steamy romance novels. I don't think that censoring or disallowing adult or violence sites is going to stop the industry. There need to be tighter controls on how these sites and products of the Internet are promoted. It's not right that spammers can get into free email accounts and sell sexual aids.
As far as a single company deciding they are going to clean out their customer lists, well, that is their perogative. As stated elsewhere it is probably to the good of the general reputation of their company. Although I don't advocate censorship I wholeheartedly support a company that wants to stand up for what it believes to be right. Their business may suffer or receive some trashing by ex clients for a while. In the end, their purity of ethic is going to put them ahead in the race of life in general which may be more important than trying to get ahead of the International Bank of Internet Millionaires or whoever else may be in the competition.
As far as a single company deciding they are going to clean out their customer lists, well, that is their perogative. As stated elsewhere it is probably to the good of the general reputation of their company. Although I don't advocate censorship I wholeheartedly support a company that wants to stand up for what it believes to be right. Their business may suffer or receive some trashing by ex clients for a while. In the end, their purity of ethic is going to put them ahead in the race of life in general which may be more important than trying to get ahead of the International Bank of Internet Millionaires or whoever else may be in the competition.