Parents should do what they can at home to keep offensive materials from invading their home computers by using blocking programs such as Cyber Patrol and, more importantly, through their moral guidance and example. But given the wide Internet access many children have outside the home and considering their abilities to bypass their parents best intentions, an external fire wall should be put in place. The Court argued that the CDA would have curtailed some forms of sexually explicit communication that is not indecent, such as materials on sex education and prisoner rape. It is, however, the lack of moral restraint and the reckless multiplication of fictional rights that are proving harmful in this increasingly crude and coarse society. If we replace the inflammatory and thought-stopping word censorship with discretion , the debate finds its proper terms, and the possibility of fruitful analysis returns from exile.
Discretion is always beneficial for minors and adults alike.