Why should I be made to suffer.

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

What's pornographic. A man and women engaging in the sexual act. Or war where the human body can and is blown to pieces, or horribly mutilated. Which is pornographic I ask.

 

Regards

 

Angel.

[Loubbe 10]

Studies have shown its up to 70% of women looking at porn too, so its not just men. Its time we all grew up about this, stopped being repressed and move into the modern world. I can't see how pornographic images 'damage' children in anyway personally, its natural to be interested in these things and develop a healthy, open, attitude towards sex growing up.

 

My point is why is sex, the most natural thing, damaging?? its crazy when you think about it and by making it taboo you are infact damaging people even more.

 

Sex is a natural thing, of course. However porn is not really a true representation of this act, surely? The people are not representative of the average person, in particular the women depicted.

[rubydazzler 11]

Sex is a natural thing, of course. However porn is not really a true representation of this act, surely? The people are not representative of the average person, in particular the women depicted.

And the acts aren't either. For a young impressionable mind, it's not a good thing. Studies have shown that these days young boys in particular have a very skewed idea about sex and relationships. And young girls are being pressured into some perverse situations due to it.

 

Anyway, isn't porn just another boring spectator sport indulged in mostly by people who don't get it? A bit like people watching Wimbledon who've never even had a raquet in their hands, or people who are avid football fans, who maybe do play the game, but very badly? If you aren't actually taking part, what's the point of watching it?

 

Although on the actual topic of the nanny state, I agree with the underlying premise that just because some parents cannot be bothered to try to protect their children and allow them a normal childhood, sad losers porn watchers shouldn't have to negotiate the tricky minefield of a parental block

[rubydazzler 11]

What's pornographic. A man and women engaging in the sexual act. Or war where the human body can and is blown to pieces, or horribly mutilated. Which is pornographic I ask.

 

Regards

 

Angel.

I agree, and I wouldn't want my pre-teen or adolescent watching it either. And neither do I want to watch it myself. There's enough angst around without watching horrible things for 'pleasure'.

 

Although violence, mutilation, blowing people up and general mayhem aren't actually contained within the definition of 'pornographic', are they?

[iphonelover 10]

Whats the fascination about porn on the internet, arent dvds better? Me n hubby have a few on dvd and they are just as hardcore and good as anything ive seen on the internet.

[TJC1 10]

I know that porn is freely available now, on a level that is completely unprecedented in fact and is backed up by other media- billboards, music videos, TV, etc, but like everyone else I still don't know what the future consequences of that are going to be. If you want to have an adult conversation about it it's generally wiser to consider the bad implications as well as the good. Your argument is sadly very blinkered and irresponsible.

 

My point is it is too late to reign in whats already out there. The answer is not censorship.

[TJC1 10]

And just like alcohol and prohibition, pornography would only fund organised crime. Deep Throat made the mafia millions in the early 70s.

 

This is true, keep it mainstream and regulate it.

[Wildcat 10]

What route would that be? I live there and have no difficulty whatsoever accessing any website with adult content that I want to.

 

I believe access to hard porn in Germany requires sending in your ID number or a photocopy of your passport.

 

There is a reference here to German hardcore porn hosts.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Germany

 

Perhaps unsurprisingly the reference is in german and google translate garbles it almost to the point of of incomprehensibilty, but not quite it does lead me to believe hardcore porn distributed in Germany is tightly controlled. It would seem odd if hosts elsewhere aren't so restricted, but I suppose that would be outside the German Govt.s jurisdiction so perhaps not so surprising.

 

This is a babelfish translation of the reference.

 

The Federal High Court (BGH) confirmed the comparatively high requirements at the age checks before the entrance to Porno offers in the Internet, which set up previous instances, to the majority. The judges decided after their negotiation on Thursday of yesterday according to a today's report (Az. I ZR 102/05) that it does not meet the protection of children and young people-legal requirements in this country, if Sex Sites are made accessible for the users after the input of the number of an identity card or a passport. Even if additionally an account movement is necessary or a postal zip code is queried, such a age verification system (AVS) does not cover itself with the legal regulations.

 

See what I mean about garbled

Edited June 5, 2011 by Wildcat

[willman 10]

Read the first post, Porn and referances to how retailers sell clothes to promote little slappers, tedious link yes. A fix of porn on a lap top being made harder buy the powers,yet they let kids dress like trollops.:roll: do you se the link??????????????????????????????

 

No i don't . French connection is an adult brand in general not a childs one.