oomis said “I still do not agree with the points about the awfulness of the computer,”
What will it take for you to admit that the dangers outweigh the advantages?
Chazal said all of klal yisroel stops blowing the shofar on shabbos because SOMEONE MIGHT carry it B’SHOGEG. How much more so when we KNOW there are MANY frum yidden who use the internet for things which are ossur!
Do I need to give examples?
How many Frum Yidden do you think saw…
– the Daniel Pearl video?
-The Saddam hanging?
-movies rated “worse than R” ? (trying to keep it clean hear Mods)
-any Yousef Al-Khattab messages?
Do you not think there was a reason the Agudah donated an entire convention to the threat posed by bloggers? Children hear one thing from a Rebbe, then go on the internet to see that a blogger who has anointed him or herself with da’as torah says differently.
Have you heard of “FailedMessiah” or “UnorthodoxJew” (If you have not all the power to you).
Need instructions how to build a bomb? How to do other illegal activities? It is all here.
Obviously I am an internet user. I am just asking why you insist that a) It is not that bad, and b)the good far outweighs it?