Hi Mark,

Monday, June 26, 2006, 11:59:57 AM, you wrote:

> Is there any special reason to block or filter Internet access to people?
> Are the users children?

Yes, there may be children as users. Our local school board, for
example, is asking to put Internet in our colony schools. And, as
multi-family farms, we have young children who may be able to gain
access to the Internet computer.

The Hutterites are a Christian intentional communal group; they accept
modern technology, but generally within certain limits. For example,
most colonies do not allow televisions on the colony, except perhaps
in the school, to watch educational videos; others, considered much
more liberal, have few such restrictions, and televisions may be found
openly in their homes. None of them, however are so liberal as to want
their children to have unlimited access to the Internet; many would
rather not have Internet at all. However, the farm managers have made
it clear at a recent meeting, that a controlled Internet access
solution needs to be considered, rather than no Internet.

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Best regards,
Patrick Murphy
James Valley Colony
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