Conversations on Internet censorship

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    3 March 2009

    I sat down and prepared for the interview with the old man. He had retired from teaching almost twenty years before, and was always a source of good material. I always liked talking to him because he never let me guess what he was thinking. He always let me know straight up what was on his mind.

    He looked at me and sighed. You and your silly computers, I could almost hear him saying it in his mind.

    “So, tell me” I asked, getting out my laptop and my camcorder “What would you take off of the Internet if you could?”

    “First of all, I want you to know that I think everyone has the right to do whatever he wants. But, I think there should also be some limits” he said. “Just limits…not censorship mind you, just limits. You know, to keep the kids safe.”