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I fail to see why it would be bad... It would have saved me a great deal of sneaking around and lying to have been simply shown and told. As it was, i infected a computer with a lot of viruses and such... to the point where the computer's hard drive needed to be reformatted. Sure i learned from that, i learned that computer viruses existed, and that they were easier to catch than colds... But in hindsight, i rather wish i'd had the information available to me in a method that wasn't so fraught with fear.

I cannot fathom how it would hurt me to understand from the beginning... i would still go to the park to play, i would still enjoy my toys... but i would not be wondering what other 'secrets' have been kept from me. S&M should not be censored... and the underlying reasons for why someone would or would not enjoy it should be understood. However, S&M is not the most useful or simple thing to understand... that i would leave alone until i thought a child ready to learn about it.

If I were teaching a child... i would explore many other subjects to their fullest extent before even considering bringing S&M up, unless the child were to bring it up first. I think it is much less important to understand S&M than it is to understand mathematics, evolution, fairness, etc. There is a great deal that is simply more important (and in my opinion more interesting) than understanding why a person would be masochistic or sadistic, or would want to be so.

It is very important that a child feel they can come to you to ask about anything (especially when you are a parent or a teacher), and not fear your response to their questions. It is equally important that you listen to their questions, do your best to answer them, give them relevant information, and help them understand it. A pity i have never felt such security... help understanding things is something i could have used long ago... and so much time was wasted figuring such things out on my own, sometimes in illegal methods.

On a different track though:
Kyu, You do realize that most pedophiles, murderers, kidnappers, and other rapists are family members and/or friends and/or acquaintances of their victims? Those that get their information online are a minute portion of the problem (Though large enough for you to have a point). Unauthorized access to the unprotected should not be possible, as nobody should be so unprotected that they can be raped, kidnapped, murdered, or otherwise violated. That is not a problem with censorship, but with security... which is evidently far too weak in its current form.

Do not confuse a weak identification system for a reason to censor. There are better systems, and i know of several... however no system is bulletproof... and ours is one of the easiest systems to get around. There is a great deal of change that is needed in many places on Earth... and i have many fantastic changes planned (beneficial to large portions of Earth's human and in some cases other animal populations, though perhaps not right for everyone) that could be implemented... yet no power to do so. But that will change.

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To see sex and nudity at a young age would be bad.

Not necessarily. Harm depends largely on context;

Japanese society had mixed bathing,of whole families, for centuries. Body and sexual shame are not universal,nor are taboos shielding children from adult sexual behaviour. The 'badness ' is cultural/moral perception, not supported by evidence a general principle.

It has been observed by psychologists that in some instances great harm can be done to children due to the hysterical behaviour of adults around them..

NO,I am NOT advocating sex with children, merely attempting to be a little rational about an emotive topic.

This indeed is true.