Originally Posted by TOOL

As with anything, there are always going to be bad apples in every bunch. The one rotten egg spoils the rest. Well, I believe that the internet opened up such as vast environment for all to use as a learning "TOOL" (Which is what "TOOL" is by the way) as well as a way to solicit business. How we utilize this phenomenom in my own beliefs, is to make sure that we as our own individuals use the internet as a constructive place to hopefully better ourselves, or even save gas instead of driving everywhere to get things. As far as the exploitation of the internet, from credit card stealing and pedophiles, we have to be our own judge of character to make sure that we are doing the right thing when we do things in this environment. A few years ago, I bought some things on EBay, well as it turned out, I bought a few things from one individual, and a few things from another individual. Well, as it turned out, they were husband and wife running different companies. The things that I purchased from the wife's company went with what I purchased from the husband's company. They were all excellent deals! They e-mailed me to let me know that there would be a surprise in the box. They sent me $20 back in cash, to thank me for the business I had given them both. Of course I left excellent feedback. My point is, there are more good people on the internet, let alone the world than bad people. Given the attention that has been given to situations involving crimes committed due to internet usage, I believe that there should be an even better watch dog to monitor internet usage. If we can read a licese plate from outerspace, if we can monitor everyones telephone conversations, then we can monitor the internet environment. It is an enclosed entity.