Israeli Internot
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- ender790
i get what you're saying. i don't like my government getting too involved in my personal business either.
however, democracy doesn't equal anything goes. there are boundaries to people's actions.
that being said, too many and too tight restrictions on a person defy the basic ideals of democratic government. from what i've read in your original post, people have a choice to turn off the filtering software or not. you didn't mention any sort of punishment for turning the software off (and i couldn't read your link).
the fact that they have a choice is the difference between democracy and the regimes you refer to, where people have no choice but to obey or be punished.
but i do disagree with government officials assuming that they know what people want. it happens here, in the u.s., all the time. it would've been better to require that isp's offer the filter for people who want it instead of making it the default.
if i am incorrect in my understanding of the law, please correct me. i'm just going off of your post.