Goverment plans to block porn for UK
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:28 am
Quite surprised no one has commented on this!
You will only be able to view porn online if you write to your ISP and the default no porn filter is turned off
If you earn a living in this industry wouldn't that mean your prime means of promotion, distribution and sales dissappears overnight
Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children Government wants BT, Virgin and other internet providers to put access to pornography on 'opt-in' basis
From a political point of view this is an absolute no-brainer
We are protecting children and you would have to be either mentally retarded and or a paedophile to think that a 10 year old child should have access to HC porn
Only problem is when you look a bit deeper there are a few problems
Like the music, film, etc industries the government are taking the route of "ok we have a problem with the internet Hey ISP's can solve are problems"
Their proposals are ISP's block porn on all internet connections by default and the accnt holder has to specifically request access to porn
Simply hey problem solved
Some problems i have with this plan
1. Apparently some of the various groups who have been campaigning for this include people who believe
Sex education for children is wrong and should never happen
Condom advertizments should not be allowed
No gay characters should ever be portrayed in for eg: Eastenders as that is in effect promoting "a perverted lifestyle" as normal
Not the sort of people i want deciding what is appropriate for me or anyone!
2. Technically the idea that ISP's can effectively block porn only confirms my view that politicians know nothing about the internet. Kids will soon learn how to circumvent any imperfect form of censorship
3. On a more general objection AFAIK there are no serious studies which have shown that early exposure to porn causes damage to young children.
Whereas there are numerous studies that show a life long diet high in salt, sugar, fat etc will ensure early death and the individual being far more likely to suffer from God only knows how many perventable illnesses and cost the NHS billions
So if you want to "Protect the kids" why not target all those food manufacturers who make food high in salt, fat, and sugar then package it in a way which appeals to kids, advertise in between childrens programs etc and do everything they can to get children "hooked" on this type of diet
Simple you cannot buy this type of food unless you sign some sort of declaration which in effect says as a parent feeding this to kids means you want them to die young
This would never happen the perfectly legitimate but dirty porn industry can be treated in this way but respectable industries oh no
You will only be able to view porn online if you write to your ISP and the default no porn filter is turned off
If you earn a living in this industry wouldn't that mean your prime means of promotion, distribution and sales dissappears overnight
Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children Government wants BT, Virgin and other internet providers to put access to pornography on 'opt-in' basis
From a political point of view this is an absolute no-brainer
We are protecting children and you would have to be either mentally retarded and or a paedophile to think that a 10 year old child should have access to HC porn
Only problem is when you look a bit deeper there are a few problems
Like the music, film, etc industries the government are taking the route of "ok we have a problem with the internet Hey ISP's can solve are problems"
Their proposals are ISP's block porn on all internet connections by default and the accnt holder has to specifically request access to porn
Simply hey problem solved
Some problems i have with this plan
1. Apparently some of the various groups who have been campaigning for this include people who believe
Sex education for children is wrong and should never happen
Condom advertizments should not be allowed
No gay characters should ever be portrayed in for eg: Eastenders as that is in effect promoting "a perverted lifestyle" as normal
Not the sort of people i want deciding what is appropriate for me or anyone!
2. Technically the idea that ISP's can effectively block porn only confirms my view that politicians know nothing about the internet. Kids will soon learn how to circumvent any imperfect form of censorship
3. On a more general objection AFAIK there are no serious studies which have shown that early exposure to porn causes damage to young children.
Whereas there are numerous studies that show a life long diet high in salt, sugar, fat etc will ensure early death and the individual being far more likely to suffer from God only knows how many perventable illnesses and cost the NHS billions
So if you want to "Protect the kids" why not target all those food manufacturers who make food high in salt, fat, and sugar then package it in a way which appeals to kids, advertise in between childrens programs etc and do everything they can to get children "hooked" on this type of diet
Simple you cannot buy this type of food unless you sign some sort of declaration which in effect says as a parent feeding this to kids means you want them to die young
This would never happen the perfectly legitimate but dirty porn industry can be treated in this way but respectable industries oh no
