I believe however - that such distinctions won't be made, should this or that lawmaker wish to display the 'AOL experience' as justification for extending the censorship. Many religious groups would like everything to be childproof and childlike, according to their worldview.
Yep. I know there are people who will do that. And I'll vote against them at every opportunity. But just because I may want to view porn, doesn't mean I should be able to force its availability on anyone who doesn't want it, any more than they can force its exclusion on me.
AOL provides a filtered service. The filtering is explicity advertised as a benefit. People who use AOL either use it because of the filtering, as BeeP has said; or they use it in spite of the filtering because AOL also provides some other service, as Norm has said of his friend.