No one can view pornography unless they really try. The Internet as Tool Unfortunately, the Internet metaphor we see the least is the Internet as tool. If we think of the Internet as a tool, then it can no longer be an all-powerful entity that can solve our problems for us, or as an alternative world where we can leave the problems of this one behind, but as a simple tool, which humans in this world can make use of. The difference is important. A tool requires a user who understands the tool s purpose and is skilled in operating it.
Sophisticated tools require instruction to use most efficiently.
Tools are not ends in themselves, nor a are they infallible. I think we would find a great difference in conceptualization between those who have an economic or political interest in computerization and those who must wrestle with the ramifications of computerization of the classroom on a daily basis. Notes Linda Greenhouse. New York Times March 24, 1997. Quoting Judge Stewart Dalzell, Philadephia decision.