[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Inappropriate content accessed from JKR.com

[Heidi Tandy]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 4:36 pm, lee_storm wrote:
>
> I can't help thinking, again, that some password or subscription
> protection needs to be put on fanfics which are not G or GP to better
> protect those who find slash or other "adult" things offensive or too
> easily accessible.  Maybe it's asking a lot, but a bit of security is
> a good thing, IMHO.

Do you really think so? Why should a fanfic that's, say, PG13 or even 15 
have to be password protected - ie require registration - when any eight 
year old can visit any HP news site and see a clip from a tv show that's 
about to air in the UK which includes Dan Radcliffe cursing, making a 
gesture that was, when I was a teen at least, considered indecent, and 
ordering bourbon?

Isn't it enough to have  a warning at the top of the screen and no 
"indecent" content visible before one scrolls down? As a mom, I think 
it's important to surf the net with my kids - at this point I've tweaked 
our primary machine so it only loads images from certain domain names so 
things aren't visually, er, visible, and I think that's fine. But then 
again, I read Forever at 11 and Clan of the Cave Bear at 14, so I know 
they'll read things that may be over their heads eventually...

Heidi