Web sites aren't all bad

I'm stuck trying to figure out what Norman K. Thurston of Provo means when he says "purveyors of sleaze" will be able to pipe anything they want into his home via Provo's proposed fiber optic network. I suppose if he wants to open the gates and allow them to pipe it in, he can. That's his choice. Of course, the option of not surfing foul Web sites also exists.

I'm not saying that the Web isn't a nasty, dirty place. That goes without question. But to argue against a fiber optic network because it allows faster access to porn is like supporting a book burning in an effort to burn dirty magazines. If filth can travel through fiber optics faster than a phone line, so can goodness, truth, wholesome music, philosophy, science, etc.

Matt Bettilyon

Taylorsville