Now before you get on your high horse and say, "that's like Naziism the Internet is built foe the free exchange of information, building relationships with people in other countries, and," blah, blah, blah. Look, I'm just saying, some people prove too immature to use the Internet. I'm not saying that everything is locked down and kids don't use the real Internet until their 16, but you gotta admit, there should be some kind of limit. I've been on forums ranging from game reviews, political debates, and current events. I normally do this via Facebook because than I don't have to create an account. Anyways, I was reading an article about the earthquake in Japan and than I saw some kid go," LOLOLOL, ULTIMATE F*********** *******WADS, PAYBACK FOR PEARL HARBOR!!!!!!!1!1!1!!!!," I click on the little icon that takes you to their Facebook account and find out that he's like 11. Now I know this isn't the best example but here's another:
A couple of years ago I read an issue of Time magazine about his girl who crashed her now Porsche, bought by her father, and how she later died. The police officers that came to the crash site took photos of it and sent it to their nieces, nephews, and children to show them what bad driving could lead too. I managed it's way onto the Internet and people began posting things like," what a waste of Porsche," and,"one less ***** in the world." see? It's this kind of screwed up stuff that makes believe there should be some kind of right to the Internet. That our access porn when they're like 8.
Some of you might say,"they can't do that, there's an age verification system," or,"it's nothing to worry about, the mods will ban them," but that's bull. The age verification thing is bogus, all you gotta do is set it to January 1 and than a year where you are or older than 18, and just because a mod bans a user won't stop him from making a new email account on Yahoo! or Google and creating a new account on this website. The reason people can get away with this is because the Internet creates a mask: a twelve year old Asian kid in New Mexico could make himself to be Tony Montana with just a few words or keyboard clicks. You can be anyone on the Internet! That's what makes it dangerous, let's not forget about the "friends" kids meet on Facebook and how easy it is to fake an account. Creating a license or at least a code for Internet access could probably be for the best.
How will this work? First, pass a test verifying your maturity and responsibility of handling a tool of untold power like the Internet. Once you have passed the test, you will receive an ID (that may later be converted to a driver's license) that has a code granting web access. Once you have the code just type it in to a web browser and surf, or place it into a scanner if technology has come so far. If not to halt crime, at least to separate the immature web users who see it as a tool to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, prick and those who see the Internet as a not a tool but an entity, an entity that allows you to know the history of this planet, the ability to communicate with a person from the UK and someone in Japan, to the possibility of two girls and one cup.
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A couple of years ago I read an issue of Time magazine about his girl who crashed her now Porsche, bought by her father, and how she later died. The police officers that came to the crash site took photos of it and sent it to their nieces, nephews, and children to show them what bad driving could lead too. I managed it's way onto the Internet and people began posting things like," what a waste of Porsche," and,"one less ***** in the world." see? It's this kind of screwed up stuff that makes believe there should be some kind of right to the Internet. That our access porn when they're like 8.
Some of you might say,"they can't do that, there's an age verification system," or,"it's nothing to worry about, the mods will ban them," but that's bull. The age verification thing is bogus, all you gotta do is set it to January 1 and than a year where you are or older than 18, and just because a mod bans a user won't stop him from making a new email account on Yahoo! or Google and creating a new account on this website. The reason people can get away with this is because the Internet creates a mask: a twelve year old Asian kid in New Mexico could make himself to be Tony Montana with just a few words or keyboard clicks. You can be anyone on the Internet! That's what makes it dangerous, let's not forget about the "friends" kids meet on Facebook and how easy it is to fake an account. Creating a license or at least a code for Internet access could probably be for the best.
How will this work? First, pass a test verifying your maturity and responsibility of handling a tool of untold power like the Internet. Once you have passed the test, you will receive an ID (that may later be converted to a driver's license) that has a code granting web access. Once you have the code just type it in to a web browser and surf, or place it into a scanner if technology has come so far. If not to halt crime, at least to separate the immature web users who see it as a tool to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, prick and those who see the Internet as a not a tool but an entity, an entity that allows you to know the history of this planet, the ability to communicate with a person from the UK and someone in Japan, to the possibility of two girls and one cup.
Feel free to vote, post counter arguments of any length, or just add-ons to the testing/application process.
