PORNOGRAPHY, DO WE WANT IT ON THE NET?


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.


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Is this realy going to stop little Timmy from viewing the forbidden fruit of lust? I think not!
It has become way to easy for the youth of America, maybe even all of America to get smut on the net. It may not be that tasteful, but we don't have to look at sites like,


SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS USE TO BE CULTIVATED AND MAINTAINED THROUGH FACE-TO-FCE CONTACT, BUT NOW OF DAYS CONTACT IS OFTEN DONE ELECTRONICALLY. PEOPLE HAVE GONE SO FAR AS CONNECTING CAMERAS TO THEIR COMPUTERS AND ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WITH OTHERS ONLINE. GERFEN WOULD CALL THIS NEW TRANSFORMATION OF RELATIONSHIPS "SOCIAL STURARATION" BY GROUPING A WIDE RANGE OF AGES,RELATIONSHIPS, FEELINGS, AND IDEAS. I BELIEVE THESE NEW TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE A-PRODUCTIVE IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONFINED TO THEIR COMPUTER AND MAY NOT DEVELOPE ADEQUATE SOCIAL SKILLS.OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN US FROM E-MAIL TO SEX MAIL, AND THATS NOT RIGHT, BUT WHEN ARE WE CROSSING THE LINE?

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 technology to girls


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 coalition
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.
LET THEM EAT CAKE!


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