Ok, let me try this again. You don't give a convicted killer or a psychopath a gun do you? No there are protections in place, it still happens and is a great societal tragedy. There are no such restrictions on porn. The dumbest teenager can still click yes that they are over 18 and access pornography. It's in ads and popups all over the web. I'd have way less of a problem with pornography if they had some standards and put some safeguards in place. Examples for instance:
1- abolish all free porn or at least make it illegal to transmit. Then it would actually be a lot harder for minors to have acces to porn. It would also make illegal porn easier to track and prosecute. I know it's impractical, but I think it would have a positive impact.
2- Convicted child molestors/ rapists get therapy, their IP tracked and regular computer scans (or maybe some accountability software).
3- Convicted Child molesters/ rapists get blacklisted (kind of like Vegas casinos) by the reputable network of porn sites.
4- Issue some sort of artistic liscense to producers (just a written contract to not intentionally produce something illegal)
I do think that pedophiles should be consigned to sexual actions. I think it's ludicrous to exploit and molest children so that sick individuals can get their rock off. If they can't control their urges and get caught, they get real help and a target on their back or get dead. I don't want to eliminate a sickos legal outlet for release. That's not what I'm saying at all. However it's feeding their fantasies and building their urges more often then releasing them from the cycle.They shouldn't have to supress those urges (or allowed to act on them of course), they should be able to get help for them, which they won't do if they can reenforce those fantasies in privacy.
If we can't trust the porn industry to police itself and no one else is policing it, it's just a breeding ground for illegal activity. I have nothing against a normal adult making, selling, buying, watching or enjoying 2 other consenting adults (which is another conversation entirely) sex acts. What I have a problem with is rampant greed, demand and lack of concern for societal morality (such as child abuse, rape, monogamy, physical abuse, drug abuse) being the only controls on an industry that closely ties in with the basest human urges.
1- abolish all free porn or at least make it illegal to transmit. Then it would actually be a lot harder for minors to have acces to porn. It would also make illegal porn easier to track and prosecute. I know it's impractical, but I think it would have a positive impact.
2- Convicted child molestors/ rapists get therapy, their IP tracked and regular computer scans (or maybe some accountability software).
3- Convicted Child molesters/ rapists get blacklisted (kind of like Vegas casinos) by the reputable network of porn sites.
4- Issue some sort of artistic liscense to producers (just a written contract to not intentionally produce something illegal)
I do think that pedophiles should be consigned to sexual actions. I think it's ludicrous to exploit and molest children so that sick individuals can get their rock off. If they can't control their urges and get caught, they get real help and a target on their back or get dead. I don't want to eliminate a sickos legal outlet for release. That's not what I'm saying at all. However it's feeding their fantasies and building their urges more often then releasing them from the cycle.They shouldn't have to supress those urges (or allowed to act on them of course), they should be able to get help for them, which they won't do if they can reenforce those fantasies in privacy.
If we can't trust the porn industry to police itself and no one else is policing it, it's just a breeding ground for illegal activity. I have nothing against a normal adult making, selling, buying, watching or enjoying 2 other consenting adults (which is another conversation entirely) sex acts. What I have a problem with is rampant greed, demand and lack of concern for societal morality (such as child abuse, rape, monogamy, physical abuse, drug abuse) being the only controls on an industry that closely ties in with the basest human urges.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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