Deleting Online Predators Act ( H. R. 5319)

Filter a website and you protect a student for a day.

Educate students about online safety in a real world environment and you protect your child for a lifetime.

Christopher Harris

Deleting Online Predators Act ( H. R. 5319) or D.O.P.A. is a danger to blogging and social networking.

I am for keeping our children safe from predators, but the wording of this bill seems to open up a censorship can of worms that reminds me of book burnings.

Random meandering...
Is it just a coincidence that the drug DOPA is the substitute form of "dopamine" which is made in the central nervous system and acts as a chemical messenger similar to adrenaline? Dopamine affects brain processes that control movement, emotional response, and ability to experience pleasure and pain. Dopa is given to patients that have trouble producing this substance. We as a nation are now going to administer the "proper bill" to force any library receiving federal funds to block and filter social networking sites. Just when we think we have found something to hook our students back into writing, reflection, and freedom of thought; here is the government ready to pounce on the whole lot rather than spend time and money educating our nation. Scare a nation rather than educate them.

What do you think? If you want to blog, you will have to defend it and deal with the filtering issues that go along with it. Is it worth it? What do you think about this bill? Is it overkill, about time, or not an issue?