The U.S. government has no right to censor the Internet or computer bulletin boards. You may have been shocked at what's on the Internet, but no more so than I was when I saw the drawings accompanying your story on cyberporn. They reflect the same fascination with sick sex that net porn feeds. I can keep my kids from logging on. Pennie Thurman, Naperville, Illinois Parents should not allow their children to enter the net without supervision and guidance.
Predators prosper wherever there is no watchful eye.
That can be in a park at midnight or in a site on the net. It is obvious that both you and the Carnegie Mellon undergrad had axes to grind, and the truth wasn't gritty enough. While I am not necessarily in favor of censorship and all the inherent problems it presents, I do feel strongly that something must be done to prevent deviants from destroying the minds of future generations. Maintaining a list of newsgroups unacceptable for children would make a major difference in access to available porn. A law requiring those who design Internet mail systems to implement secure parental control would allow parents and teachers fuller control of what children have access to, and would satisfy everyone except those who object to such control.