"Dangerous" terminology.

[Dave Wells]

I watched the ITV news at lunchtime today and there was a report which stated that plans were being considered to teach children about the "dangers" of internet porn !

Well knock me down with a feather. Could somebody more knowledgeable than me explain to me exactly what they mean by danger ? Danger as in what ? Or like me does everyone think that it was just a typical journo 'over the top' stupid expression ?

[Phil Phee]

Interesting question! But I guess, like me, you didn't grow up with internet porn? (In Yorkshire accent) When I were a lad (by 'eck), it were all Razzle and Mayfair, none of this fancy "money shot" and "cream pie" lark.

More seriously, I think the PC brigade might have a valid point here?

[william]

Nah its do gooders looking for funding and trying it on - are you going to ban cars cause the odd one kills a few people ?

The thing here is that if someone is going to rape or murder and try and blame it on porn they would blame it on drugs and it rained last monday or I never got praised as a kid etc everything but the real reason, that they are a cunt. simples.

So the daily mail readers and all those ilk start to try and get in there and say its all down to porn, if it was then wouldnt we all be in asorry state, you know how much porn is out there - you know how many people look at it and Id say a good number of those watch it know its fantasy and knock one out and then go about life as per normal.

Ive looked at porn sice I was 15 Im over forty now and yes id say its not affected me unless you can say hitting a few keys on a porn forum is evidence.........

[number 6]

Im as far from a daily mail reader as you can get,but anything that stops kids seeing porn is fine by me. Porn should be for ADULTS, not innocent minded kids.

[locationsfinder]

Porn, as in people having that actual sex on camera should be for people aged 18 years old or over. Children should not be watching it. One of the reasons is that they do not have the mental faculties to deal with it, lack of maturity there. Yes, sex is the most natural thing in the world but kids and even teenagers should not be viewing it and porn should not be their introduction to sex.

[one eyed jack]

Its funny when we think of the "dangers" of internet porn we immediately think of porn.

Im with many people in that i dont like the idea of kids accessing porn on the internet but as far as "dangers" go, seeing a man and woman having sex in all its colourful variations is the least of it

I'd prefer the "dangers" meant real things like sexual predators online, extreme violence, beheadings, stonings that the social networks like YouTube and FaceBook that freely allow because in their attempt to protect free speech feel its use is detrimental to getting things across for the various groups that use their platform

Tricky one that. Where do you draw the line and reason with it?

I dont particularly think minors should be subjected to the horrors of the world either. So shall we get ATVOD to regulate the social networks too?

[one eyed jack]

I'm still of the belief that rather than authorities banging on about placing restrictions on the internet that they promote the use and educate parents how to use parent controls that are freely available and at their disposal to use within the settings of their web browsers

I think these reality shows and culture of celebrity obsession contributes to the "dangers" these people describe

[william]

Im not saaying show kids porn - Im adverse to the dogooders that are trying to demonise porn when the reality is that its not the porn but the person that is the issue. Its all to easy to blame porn....

The internet is an open forum and as such it needs to be treated as such - blocks and limits, its not an electronic babysitter !

[Dave Wells]

Well of course I to fully concur that I don't want children including my 7 year old boy watching 'porn', although it made me smile the other week when I caught him searching you tube for 'girls in bikinis'. Well at least it wasn't boys in speedos !!!

But a TV news channel using the terminology 'danger' is just preposterously arrogant in it's ignorance and totally biased viewpoint. It is annoying and wrong !

[Jonone]

It's just to reinforce the association in people's minds of porn and danger. It's what the press do.

On a different note I think politicians may be starting to use the word 'pledge' instead of 'promise'.