On July 24 2013 16:38 DarkwindHK wrote: I do not even understand why people think Porn is "evil". Why is it something you should hide? Isn't that just another natural part of human and animals? Just teach the kids starting from Kindergarten and stop this "childish" approach.
Kindergarten is a tad early...
I agree, sex is evil. Society would be much better off without sex....wait what?
Thinking that it's too early for 4-6 year olds doesn't mean that I think it's evil, I think ~10 would be a better age (still earlier than when it's currently dealt with in school here).
On July 24 2013 02:57 Shiori wrote: [quote] That's like holding it against someone if they put a password on the adult TV channels so that their six year-old doesn't flick by them...
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Is there any real data on this? It's not like porn is cocaine, or that young kids (pre-pubescent) even care about porn.
There are a lot of reports of bdsm porn having a negative effect on some youth relationships and that it is warping the expectations of some teens. There are no studies at this point, but experts have said it that kids between ages 13-16 are very impressionable during that time. With Iphones, it has created ways for them to have unrestricted access and the parental controls on all smart phones are very limited.
These were radio reports on local public radio, so I don't have links, sadly.
Yeah. Adults know there's a huge difference between porn and real sex. If you've never had sex before and you don't understand that porn stars really are actors, I can see a teenager expecting things from sex that just don't happen.
Hell, when I first started having sex it was kinda a shock at how different it was than porn. But I managed to survive without abusing or murdering anyone and I'm not scarred so I don't think there's really a reason to be worried.
Stil the lack of parental controls on smartphones and the fact that you have to block sites on a machine by machine basis is a bit silly. There should be a router or ISP level blocking service for parents. If the goverment wants to make a law to assure they have the option, I'm ok with that.
To be clear, with an opt in system, rather than opt out.
You can block stuff at the router level. That's what schools do. And when you're talking about the average home...how many computers are there? One or two? Is a machine by machine basis that hard?
And I know all parents are different and all kids are different, but if you're kid is old enough to have their own computer (and smartphones are computers now) complete with internet access...then I think their old enough to look at porn. If parents haven't given them proper sex ed by that time, that's a problem.
Its smartphones that have made it more of an issue, rather than just PCs. And parental controls at the router level are super hard to use.
I don't think smartphones are an issue. They basically are computers. If you wouldn't trust your kid with their own computer, you shouldn't trust them with a smartphone.
Hell, you can get them a phone without a data plan.
You can't get a phone without a data plan without paying ridiculous amounts of money.
In the US you can get a plan with unlimited calls, texts, and data for $50/month, that's not a lot of money.
But as for the topic itself what are you doing David Cameron, seems a big privacy issue for there to be a record of people who tell their ISPs to let the porn come through. Also I thought the Victorian Era died when Queen Victoria did...
How about we all take a deep breathe and actually read what the others write before posting nonsense? He was referring to the prize you would have to pay for a phone without a plan which you would have to do if you wanted to give your kids a phone without data, as pretty much any plan includes data.
There's a gazillion of androids that doesn't cost a fortune without a plan.
On July 24 2013 16:38 DarkwindHK wrote: I do not even understand why people think Porn is "evil". Why is it something you should hide? Isn't that just another natural part of human and animals? Just teach the kids starting from Kindergarten and stop this "childish" approach.
Kindergarten is a tad early...
I agree, sex is evil. Society would be much better off without sex....wait what?
Thinking that it's too early for 4-6 year olds doesn't mean that I think it's evil, I think ~10 would be a better age (still earlier than when it's currently dealt with in school here).
I vividly remember there being a book in kindergarden that described sex, accompanied by drawn pictures of a naked adult man and woman. Nothing graphical or detailed about the intercourse itself except the base mechanics though.
Wasn't considered strange, especially not by us kids.
On July 24 2013 08:46 Leporello wrote: Young kids have ridiculously easy access to porn. It's disturbing to me, to think of adolescents being able to access some of these sites which are full of some hardcore imagery right on its front page. As others have mentioned, my generation never saw all this crazy hardcore porn that kids are seeing now. We had to use magazines, mostly. If someone had a VHS with any kind of sex, it would be kind of a big deal, and it probably wouldn't contain the type of all-out craziness that is put on the front-page of these websites.
There's been numerous studies about how even adults become desensitized to visual sexual stimulation, and how porn becomes addictive which drives the viewers to seek more and more provocative images. This effects people's sexual lives, which obviously is a big part of life in general.
Yes, it's the parents' job to monitor their kids, and monitor the family PC. But if UK, as a society, wants to place some extra laws and measures to keep kids away from internet porn, I'm all for that. People crying "Freedom!" are being a little sensational, I think. All this is doing is making parental-filters something the parents can actually control directly with their ISP, instead of just being a browser option that any kid can simply turn off -- parental filters are simply too easy. It isn't like a child-protection on a lighter or pill-bottle -- kid hands can handle the internet and parental controls, just as easily as adult hands. This isn't the prosecution of Larry Flynt, no one is banning porn. This just seems like a good idea to me, something ISPs should've probably been doing but had no incentive to do (not just because most of them act like monopolies).
The state shouldn't have to make sure the kids are raised properly, if it was an opt-out thing for parents of children to do then it would be fine rather than opt-in, however the majority of parents probably would preferably still prefer access to porn (though they would maybe not admit it to their other half). Add this to the fact that you will probably be placed on a list for opting in and it's a horrific idea. How about Parents making sure that their kids don't have access to the internet without supervision until they are in their early to mid teens at least..
I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
It is : - A political thing because it's not blockable entirely (torrents, ddl etc.. of non official sites) and could encourage piracy of porn (yes porn is not free) because all legit sites would be blocked but not pirated ones.
It is a forum with people that know theire way around computer. But for people that DON'T know how to block things... How to prevent childrens and teenagers to access it.. It can be a good thing. Hell my 6year old niece found by herself how to copy her disney films from the pc to the ipad... imagine what can do my 10year old niece with a computer
On July 24 2013 16:38 DarkwindHK wrote: I do not even understand why people think Porn is "evil". Why is it something you should hide? Isn't that just another natural part of human and animals? Just teach the kids starting from Kindergarten and stop this "childish" approach.
Kindergarten is a tad early...
kindergarten is fine. i am absolutely sure you can teach children of any age anything as long as you do it in the right way. i highly doubt they will be scarred for life because they know what else their primary sex organs are for.
on a in my eyes somewhat related note: the netherlands are probably the country with the most open and proggressive approach to porn and sexuality. its just there and people dont seem to see it as something super evil that will bring down society. the netherlands are also the (western) country with the least teenage pregnancies of all and i do not believe those two things are unrelated and pure coincidence. especially when the country with the highest rate in (western) europe is the UK.
On July 23 2013 21:41 hzflank wrote: The thing that bothers me about this is that simulated rape porn will be illegal. Who decides what is simulated rape and what is not? If a guy handcuffs his wife and films it, is that simulated rape porn?
The other problem is that it is too easy to get around ISP filtering anyway. Things like child porn are already blocked by British ISPs. Pedophiles do not just start Chrome and watch child porn on Youtube, which is what the filtering would block.
*edited* if post is serious, then i don't know what to say.
Why? It is not about whether I like to watch that sort of thing (I don't). It;s about me not wanting to accidentally possess material that could lead to me becoming a convicted sex offender.
does watching "simulated rape porn" make you a sex offender in england if this law passes through?
We don't know yet. Possessing rape porn does. Who decides what is simulated and what is not?
With child porn it is easy. If the person is under the age of 18 then it is illegal. With rape it is more difficult. In professional porn shoots the models have to sign a contract, so that is fine. But what about people who film themselves and post the video online? That do not sign anything to say that they are not being raped.
i don't know what you think rape is, but rape looks nothing like "simulated" rape on video. i've never thought about this before, but now that i am, i can see why the government wants to remove access to "simulated" rape porn and child porn since it, apparently, does turn on a percentage of people.
it's just a thought, but really, if someone is turned on by rape and sex with children, aren't they *more likely* to become the ones who do this? i mean, that's just what i think, lol.
No. Every single male in history of mankind have atleast once in their life wanted to be some kind of brutal warrior or warlord, and alot of people still want to be that(go into a comic store if you don't belive me).
This does not mean we go around and kill eachother. Thats something psychopaths and very fundamental religious people do.
Imo, if you want to protect the kids and youth by banning "dangerous" things, then ban any form of religion, as that shizzle actully tries to make you do it's bidding.
On July 24 2013 20:36 FFW_Rude wrote: I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
I guess they can use tunneling software and proxies like people in china does with them internets.
But I can see that yes indeed internet has influenced children these days to be oh so liberal but these are fast times and I really think it is up to the parents to really instill understanding about these topics (sex and all).
Parents just need to adapt to these fast times and maybe the gov't could provide better tools or programs on how to tackle instilling knowledge to parents on how for them to properly educate or explain to their children. Maybe help them do better parenting with these topics.
On July 24 2013 13:53 GGTeMpLaR wrote: I hope he doesn't get re-elected.
Unfortunately we have only useless alternatives because the unions went completely against the candidate the public/everybody else wanted to lead the Labour party. The current government is also a coalition between our Conservative party and our "liberal" party who, as it turns out, are liberal in name only and have abandoned all their moral values since 2010. This government should have collapsed years ago but the Liberal Democrats didn't have the backbone to stand up for their own policies. But Labour is led by the wrong person too. So we have 3 parties with simply bad leaders. This is what despair feels like, I suppose.
Conservatives wont win next time. Liberal/Labour coalition in 2014 imo.
On July 24 2013 20:36 FFW_Rude wrote: I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
On July 24 2013 20:36 FFW_Rude wrote: I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
So no types of porn are being made illegal?
I'm sorry but i didn't understand what you meant
one part of the whole thing is that they just want to make something a crime where no victim is found.
On July 24 2013 20:36 FFW_Rude wrote: I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
So no types of porn are being made illegal?
I'm sorry but i didn't understand what you meant
one part of the whole thing is that they just want to make something a crime where no victim is found.
I might have not understood that part in the article Sorry about my stand then...
On July 24 2013 01:01 []Phase[] wrote: All I can ask is... Why?
porn is not 'unsafe'. As a matter of fact, and someone will have to back me up on this one, because I dont remember where I read it, research has shown that countries with pornography legally available do not increase the number of cases of rape / violence. Actually, it is quite the opposite!
(skimmed the internet for some evidence : seems it is indeed true that pornography does not increase sex crime rates)
Im not the kind of guy that'll immediatly say 'oh well then it MUST be so they can control our freedom', but if research shows that pornography does not negatively influences peoples behaviour, then I call this a bad move, and question the motivations behind it.
Now, I dont follow UK politics, but is it perhaps from a religious motivation? Or some desperate attempt to win voters (which this won't)?
Also, whats with the whole 'keep kids away from porn'-thing? Who cares if they watch porn? Sure, it's not a very accurate depiction of reality, but I dont see it leading to any delinquent behaviour. If you are concerned about kids' sexual education, perhaps the parents should be more open about it. Schools only teach you so much.
EDIT : TLDR : removing porn from the internet does not make the internet safer, because pornography is not unsafe, as is backed up by plenty of evidence. Thus removing it wont do any good whatsoever.
The studies come from Sweden and Japan. And it goes even further than just normal porn.
Either way the problem isn't if its safe or not, its do you have the right to self ownership, the right to private property and the right to freedom?
If you don't, then the government can force ISP's to have this crap, it can force people into Chinese style censorship of the internet, it can say in 50 years time force people to throw their babies in pits of fire to satisfy the government gods. I mean its only history that this has happened.
Caligula married his horse and drank blood from young virgin girls, count Dracula or Vlad the impaler, the king of Romania or that region in the time, used to go out kidnap woman, rape them, drain them of their blood and shower in it, and it was okay because he was the king, people though he had the authority and right to do that.
I mean Hitler said he'd show the Jews and they were the unpopular group at the time, until soon enough everyone was in concentration camps and over 20 million Germans ultimately died in WW2 and they were the biggest losers.
On July 24 2013 20:36 FFW_Rude wrote: I really don't understand what the big problem is ... It exists on the cable and TV for like 10 years. Do it on the internet and you get a fucktons of : "NOOOOOOOO". This thing already exists. Maybe i'm too old and i'm being conservative or something
It's not : - A restriction of freedom. - A stupid thing to block some thing from the start even if you as a parent have to do your work (like the TV system in place). - a BAN of porn
It is : - A political thing because it's not blockable entirely (torrents, ddl etc.. of non official sites) and could encourage piracy of porn (yes porn is not free) because all legit sites would be blocked but not pirated ones.
It is a forum with people that know theire way around computer. But for people that DON'T know how to block things... How to prevent childrens and teenagers to access it.. It can be a good thing. Hell my 6year old niece found by herself how to copy her disney films from the pc to the ipad... imagine what can do my 10year old niece with a computer
Purely on principle, if you don't live in the UK or are familiar with it.
1. The campaign was endorsed/started by the media outlets that are the most sexist, puerile and have archaic views on women.
2. Endorsed by the Conservative party, who generally bemoan the 'nanny state'.
I mean, god forbid parents take some responsibility, or maybe learn to be more computer literate.
This is a new weapon for parents to use against their adult children who haven't moved out of the house yet.
There are so many husbands that will be caught out by this. 'Why would I want to watch porn? You're everything I need' just isn't going to fly any more when she finds out you've unblocked the porn filter.
There was a bbc article with a headline that was something like 'April killer watched legal porn before moving onto...' I can't remember what he was moving onto, presumably the violent stuff they found in his house. I guess legal porn is now viewed as a gateway to violent porn.
He said: 'It seems Bridger lived in a fantasy world which included looking at child abuse images online.
'For some time we have been concerned about the growing number of these obscene images which are becoming more easily available and can fuel the fantasies of offenders like Bridger.
'This case points to the ever-growing evidence that there is a worrying link between looking at this vile kind of material and committing other serious sexual assaults.
'April’s death will hopefully lead to effective measures to stamp out this vile trade.'
I wonder how far this goes. Will they ban terms like 'brutal' or maybe 'rough' or even 'hard'?
I'm pretty nervous about this because I once searched for 'full length anime movies videos' on a school pc and the next day I was called into the assistant head teacher's office to explain why terms such as 'incest', 'bestiality' and 'brutally raped by enormous octopus' had come up on my screen. The school filter had flagged the banned keywords in the search results.
The way this works is you can't criticize it, or they attack you as being a porn fan.
What's funny is that the Tories like to portray Labour as radical socialists who want to abolish civil liberties. In reality, it's the Tories that are by far the most radical. They didn't even win a majority, yet the changes they've made thus far have been almost revolutionary in their scope. Most of the changes you don't even hear about. How many of you know that the Health & Social Care Act removes the government's obligation to provide universal healthcare?
Wow. This would actually get me to leave the country, lol.
I hate how governments are always trying to play the blame game with whatever activity teenagers are doing. Porn, drugs, violent shows, rap music. It's like clockwork man. As soon as some psycho goes and shoots up a school its a scramble among grannies, soccer moms and conservative pundits to figure out which activity, popular among teens, is responsible. Because yknow, it couldnt possibly be the absentee parents or bullies or just some inherent flaw in the killer's brain.
I'm also pretty fed up with this intrusive, entitled attitude of government and its defenders. It's like the concept of individual rights is just incomprehensible to some people. You can't just enslave every single aspect of your life to some abstract notion of what's best for society. A line has to be drawn somewhere.