Tuesday, August 17, 2004

A little porn is good for you?

Alright, this is just kind of bizarre, but apparently it's newsworthy. Click here to read how some Australian government types are arguing that porn should NOT be banned from the internet. Oddly enough, their arguments (in my humble opinion) make "some" sense, but I don't think they would convince many people who disagree already. Personally, banning porn from the internet would be an impossible endevour without a complete restructuring of the foundation of the internet. How does one stop a kid from loading Kazaa, typing in a search for "School Play" under video files and downloading a file like "Young school girls play.mpg"???

I hate when non-techies try and legislate technical matters.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

as not-really-pro-porn as I am, I agree that banning porn is a godawfully bad idea. What, has Aus suddenly gone more puritanical than the USA?

You cannot ban anything without having soem element try to obtain the banned item. Granted, items that are not pervasive tend to be easier to ban than, say, alcohol, books, marijuana, or movies, or whatever. A crime element will tend to spring up. Porn is also easily obtainable.

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