Censorship and the Net

[jaguar]

I'm curious, what opinions do you people hold on Internet privacy, or more accurately, censorship, particularly at Backbone level. Should it exist? Who should regulate? Does the Internet need to be regulated? And under whose jurisdiction should internet sites fall. The recent example of Yahoo Auction (America) being forced to remove Nazi items because of a FRENCH court decision was telling.......

Personally I believe the internet MUST remain totally unregulated, and free of any form of censorship, its the only medium where ANYONE can express any view they want without instant trashing, sure what they say can be total crap but I’m a passionate believer in TOTAL freedom of speech, take the good with the bad and save us from a stagnant society that crushes radical ideas.

(and I thought I’d stimulate some conversation on this rather dormant section)