- #71
BobG
Science Advisor
Homework Helper
- 352
- 86
zoobyshoe said:Perhaps banning porn would be ineffectual in cutting down on this abuse of kids, but I am becoming increasingly alarmed and irritated that people's responses seem to have to be filtered through the muck of their own petty rights before there is any thought about how completely defenseless kids are having their lives ruined. I get the feeling some of you people wouldn't pull someone out of a burning car if it happened on your coffee break because you have a right to your coffee break.
It's an ironic bizarrerie that today's politically correct existensialism, in which culture is reduced to only that which offends no one, puts so much effort into protecting such an offensive form of free speech.
But, in this case, the others are right on two fronts.
The internet is a global phenomenon. One country can't control what goes over the internet, nor can it control the treatment of children in other countries.
As much of a pain as it is to keep porn off the family computer, the harm in strict controls on internet traffic would be worse.
As it is, in the US, you can be prosecuted for making child porn movies, selling or distributing child porn either over the internet, through videos, or magazines, or for possessing any the preceding. Quite a few do get caught, which is why so much porn and gambling comes from off-shore sites specializing in things which would be illegal in the US.