I believe the first question we need to ask ourselves is, "Is porn. on the internet harmful in anyway?" If I was to talk to Immanuel Kant I do believe he would say that porn on the internet is not such a horrible thing. He says,"People should always be treated as ends, never as simply a mean"(Computers, Ethics, and Society). Those who want to ban porn would be ingnoring another person's legitimate desires. However, I do think there should be some type of way to keep young children from viewing such erotic pictures.
A MAJORITY OF THE PORN ON THE INTERNET SEEMS TO BE
DIRECTED AT
HETEROSEXUAL MALES.ONE NIELSEN STUDYSHOWS A 2 TO 1 MALE/FEMALE RATIO OF
INTERNET USERS. ONE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THERE IS A CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN
CHILDHOOD PLAY, WHICH GIVE RISE TO ADULT ATTITUDES ABOUT "PLAYING" WITH
COMPUTERS IS A "MALE THING."(COMPUTERS, ETHICS, AND SOCIETY)
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY'S BLKA SAYS,"FANCY GRAPHICS ARE FOR MARKETING.
THEY HELP SELL PRODUCTS, BUT DON'T ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF INTERACTION WITH
MY COLLEGUES." WELL WE ALL KNOW SEX SELL AND IF IT DOES NOT WE LIKE TO
TAKE A PEEK. MEN A SIMPLY MORE ATTRACTED TO ICONS AND GRAPHICS.
"WOMEN TREAT COMPUTERS LIKE RELIABLE STATION WAGONS: LEARN HOW TO
MAKE THEM TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND SO AS LONG AS THEY ARE
FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, WHO CARES ABOUT PISTONS AND HORSEPOWER? WHEREAS
GUYS-EVEN THOSE WHO NEVER LEARNED HW TO CHANGE AN OIL FILTER-ARE ENAMORED
BY COMPUTERS, WANT TOPLAY WITH THEM, UPGRADE THEM, FIX THEM WHEN THEY
FALTER, AND COMPARE THEIRS WITH THE OTHER GUY'S."(COPUTERS, ETHICS, AND
SOCIETY)opening
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FOR 48 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT CLITON SIGNED THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
BILL, CDA AND ALL, INTO LAW ON FEB. 8, THOUSANDS OF WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES
WENT BLACK IN PROTEST IN ORDER TO SHOW THE FAR REACHING IMPACT OF THE NEW
LAW. THE 48 HOUR PROTEST, ORGANIZED CDT AND VTW, WAS THE SINGLE LAREST
DEMONSTRATION FROM THE INTERNET COMMUNITY IN HISTORY.
ON JUNE 30, 1995 REPRESENTATIVES CHRIS COX, RON WYDEN, AND RICK
WHITE INTRODUCED HR 1978, AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXCON COMMUNICATIONS
DECENCY ACT. THE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT THE FCC FROM IMPOSING CONTENT
REGULATIONS ON THE INTERENET AND REMOVE DISINCENTIVES TO DEPLOYING
TECHNOLOGIES TO EMPOWER PARENTS TO BLOCK WHICH MATERIAL MAY BE
INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.PERSONAL
PRIVACY.TECHNOLOGY CAN JAM INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY,BYTMAY THREATEN
PERSONAL PRIVACY
ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 12 AT 9:00 AM, A PANEL OF THREE FEDERAL JUDGES
IN PHILADELPHIA, PA GRANTED THE CITIZENS INTERNET EMPOWERMENT COALITION'S
REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY
ACT. IN A UNANIMOUS DECISION, THE JUDGES RULED THAT CDA WOULD
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RESTRICT SPEECH ON THE
INTERNET.citizens internet empowerment
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AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT PORN. ON THE
WEB. I SUPPOSE BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER IN THIS CASE.
BLOCKING A WEB SITE ON A GLOBAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.