Fair censorship?

Just to write about something different this time with less complaining about the censorship board, after I had read an interesting article today about racist online hate groups. This had then made me want to write a blog solely on how censorship in some cases, can in fact be a great thing for the public.

In 1999, a man named Benjamin Smith, who was a member of the racist group, "World Church of the Creator" went on a brutal shooting rampage in Illinois, killing around 4 people and injuring many others. And all of these people had been targeted by him and his "cult" due to the fact that they were different races, such as Asians and Jews. The day ended with a high speed police chase, but Smith only ended up pulling to the side of the road and shooting himself in the head. Insanity? I think so.

Apparently a while ago these hate groups had been all over the internet, which I had never noticed before, but then again I never went looking for them! Now that I've actually gone to look for them, I can't find any which shows how well the internet is being filtered daily. But there are still types of groups such as these online, to which are hid extremely well from possible filters.

So many people have fought over the fact that groups such as World Church of the Creator encourages white supremacists such as Smith, to act upon the views and religious beliefs that the "hate" group follow. I do happen to agree with these comments about these groups, I think it's absolutely awful that there are even groups like these online, they manage to hide themselves well from the filters that the Internet have in place as they still exist.

The really sad part of the story of Benjamin Smith was that he seemed to believe that he was a soldier of the "Racial Holy War" movement. So in this case, I believe all websites that contain brainwashing content such as this, need to be first priority when getting on top of content found on the internet. Which is being done, but needs to be furtherly investigated. If these "online cults" aren't investigated further, then unfortunately more and more individuals will be lost to these brainwashing groups, and people will be in the line of fire.