Won’t somebody think of the children?

We all love to laugh at Reverend Lovejoy’s hysterical wife as she incoherently begs us to think of the children whenever something scary (aka unknown to her) presents itself. Well, who knew that the Utah legislature is chock full of such ninnies, luddites, and fear mongering nabobs.

Cheryl Preston, a law professor at Brigham Young University, wants to ban open wifi networks, on the off chance that teenagers might be driving around looking for places to download their pr0n (away from mother and father and all their uber-effective pr0n catching nannyware on the home network, I guess). Nevermind what the loss of open wifi networks would do to the coffee shops, the downtown alliance, and the general good vibe we have as a tourist-friendly resort town that comes with having free and open wifi scattered around town thanks to the good souls at XMission. Pete  Ashdown, owner of XMission and former candidate for the US Senate, was even on the radio today denouncing this idiotic proposal, to which a supporting legislator defended the concept by equating open networks to ‘unfenced backyard pools’. I see– so the entire body of American self reliance, free choice, not to mention the illegality of trespassing should be thrown out the window for the sake of having the State step in to keep those rascally kids outta the pool.

There is no surer sign of a weak mind than hiding behind the children and the faceless threat of pornography.

In the end, these idiots are attempting to foist off responsibility for their children on to the State, because they obviously cannot teach their teens how to cope with online pr0n as responsible parents. That’s right, Cheryl– leave the raising of your children to the government! Let The State bring them up strong and true! You stupid fascist.