1. Maryam Kubasek contends that the government should protect children from pornography on the Internet by censoring online obscenity. Stephen Chapman maintains that adult supervision— not censorship, which he claims is unconstitutional—would protect children from Internet pornography just as it always has. In what ways are traditional venues that offer pornography—such as bookstores, convenience stores, and video stores—different from an electronic medium such as the Internet? Do those differences support Kubasek’s argument for censorship or Chapman’s argument against it? Explain your answer.
2. Solveig Bernstein supports the use of filtering software to protect children from Internet pornography. However, Langdon Winner claims that such software also blocks out non-pornographic web- sites of which the software manufacturer disapproves. Which do you think would harm children more, viewing hardcore pornography on the Internet or having their Internet searches restricted by...