Did anyone see the Today show this morning and the story about Pornography?
The gist of the show was that a recent study, and I can't remember the name of the group who did the study, said that more than 70% of the online porn was being accessed by kids between the ages of 11-17. Anyone ever hear of this study?
They had some right wing zealot on the show that said porn sites must be made to use age verification systems. When Matt Lauer asked him what about the use of credit cards, he said that that doesn't work because parents can get pre-paid credit cards and debit cards for their underage kinds.
The right wing zealot also said that the porn industry does everything they can to get underage kids to come to their sites. They may be true of online straight pron sites based out of the U.S., but honestly, I don't know of any gay sites or gay website owners based here in the U.S. that does that. Hell, we all do everything we can to get minors from accessing our sites.
They also talked about the new bill which is now in congress to require age verification for adult sites as well as they 25% proposed tax on all sites required to comply with 2257. The tax will be used supposedly to monitor adult websites and make sure they are complying with 2257 and restricting minors from their sites.
If parents are getting their minor children pre-paid credit cards or debit cards, and then not monitoring what their children do on the internet....WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? Why is it our fault....? When did parents quit taking responsibility for the actions of their children, when did parents quit acting like parents, and why are we getting the blame for what their kids are doing online?
Man, I sure am getting tired of all this crap.
Bill
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