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Republicans: Government Should Censor the Web: Page 2 of 2

Ultimately, if legislators insist on intervening, a more sensible approach is to function like good security analysts and take a "default deny" posture. Minors would be prevented from visiting social-networking sites from school or library computers by default until their parents have signed some kind of waiver granting them such access. At least in this way the ultimate decision around our children's education will rest in our hands and not in those of Mr. Fitzpatrick.