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"On the internet there are no rules about what you can post up on it. There are rules about who can see it, but it is very hard to enforce these rules because of the number of files on the net.
Hate is one of the hardest things to control. People like Ken McVay are only putting a small dent in the number of pages that are being put on the net. All they can do is search out the pages one by one and then try and do something about them like to get them put off the net or to at least get an age lock put on them.
Some solutions to how the internet might be curtailed would be something like if someone tries to publish a page then it goes to a specially appointed group of people who would rate the site and if need be they could refuse to put it it so that only some people could have access to the page.
That deals with the future but what about now, what about the number of pages that have been put out there, what can we do about them? My suggestions are that we can get more government funded organizations like Nizkor, that try to put a stop to hatred on the net. If we can not do that then at least people who have access to the net at home can go and find hate pages and report them to the government or to an organization that operates like Nizkor. Schools can have a special program that incorporates the use of the net and students can go out into the net and try and find out some of the sites that are out there that try and get people to hate people that are different or people that are easy to seek out and who are defenseless.
Hate is a very hard thing to control anywhere but at least outside of the net there is a law against it but on the net it is very hard to seek out and get taken off the net because there is absolute freedom of speech. The last problem that I am going to present is that of people not caring.
When people see Hate on the net they just sit back and say, "Well what can I do about it?" and they just move on. This should not be so. People should care. The only way that people can start to get rid of the hate is if they take some interest in the ways in which we as human beings can prevent the hate from spreading. A government funded program to increase awareness about bow hate hurts people would be beneficial to the whole population.
In conclusion, the ideas that I have stated above would help cut down hate on the net, but not just on the net, everywhere. These ideals can be incorporated into newspapers and into T.V. We as a people should put a stop to the hate on the net. Thank You."
- Written by a high school student living on Vancouver Island, BC, after participating in a Holocaust Education Symposium
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