It's+My+House


 * It's My House And We Play By My Rules**

Chapter 38 of __Internet and Computer Ethics For Kids__ is titled- It's My House And We Play By My Rules. It's a short chapter that talks about cyberspace and how it **does not** have any set rules to follow.

"But what are the rules in Cyberspace? "As we started this book, we said: There Are No Rules. The rules for ethical Internet and computer behavior are all different depending on with whom you speak, and what each family says. The rules for each family differ, but kids are faced with some tough choices." ©

As there are no rules in Cyberspace, people can do whatever they want, whenever they want, which can lead to many bad things.

The above quote says, "...but kids are faced with some tough choices." Our interpretation of this is that kids are faced with many more choices on the computer, than faced with in the real world. Some people think that what happens in their house, stays in their house. This is true... to some extent. If they choose to do anything on their computers, anybody can see what they do. Things get around faster, all you have to do is send a link to someone, who forwards it to someone else, who forwards it to 20 people, who each forward it to 5 people and so on. And soon the **whole world** (quite literally) knows what you think of your neighbor or whomever it may be.

People have //different// views on whats right to do on the Web, and what's wrong. Someone who thinks their opinion is "right", might seem "wrong" to someone else. It all just depends on how you look at it.