Re: A Proposal for a New Standard in HTML 3.0

Paul Williams (pcw@hooked.net)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 17:56:06 +0500

>An important advantage of this scheme over a scheme that requires the
>"publisher" to mark their pages is that this allows for more than one
>authority to be formed as to what is acceptable. Parents can decide which
>group best represents their beliefs.

Unfortunately, this idea of any kind of rating will not truly be enforcable.
Look at the guidelines that motion pictures use. I don't know how many
times I have seen a 4-6 yr old in movies like Jurrassic Park, which were
clearly labled 'R'

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