Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Narrow Minded - Much?
I just saw a news article that talked about protests and delays regarding establishing a .xxx domain for the internet, designed specifically for the "adult entertainment" industry. I just can't understand why people would take issue with this. After all, whether people like it or not the internet is rife with sex sites, pornography and so on. There are huge quantities of people that make use of this - I'm pretty certain that adult-themed stuff still takes up the most bandwidth online.
Given I'm about to be a dad, I completely understand the desire to limit access to this sort of stuff. I don't think it should be banned, however, as there are all sorts of self-determination and free speech issues at stake here. Surely having a .xxx domain means that all that sort of stuff can be controlled a little better, and you can make a neat little divider between it and the rest of the net? I for one would be much happier knowing that, by and large, the .com domain was for general "stuff" and any naughty business was restricted to .xxx. I could simply tell Net Nanny (or whatever I end up using for web protection for my fetus) not to allow access to any .xxx sites. Duh!
Lets have a little sense here, people! Go the .xxx and let people make more informed choices about what and how they surf!
Given I'm about to be a dad, I completely understand the desire to limit access to this sort of stuff. I don't think it should be banned, however, as there are all sorts of self-determination and free speech issues at stake here. Surely having a .xxx domain means that all that sort of stuff can be controlled a little better, and you can make a neat little divider between it and the rest of the net? I for one would be much happier knowing that, by and large, the .com domain was for general "stuff" and any naughty business was restricted to .xxx. I could simply tell Net Nanny (or whatever I end up using for web protection for my fetus) not to allow access to any .xxx sites. Duh!
Lets have a little sense here, people! Go the .xxx and let people make more informed choices about what and how they surf!
# posted by Cthu1hu @ 1:26 pm 
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Right on (gives Union salute).
Frankly it's a twisted world where the yanks froth at the lips about sex and such being near the kiddies, but graphic onscreen violence is regarded no where near as bad.
Case point. Grand Theft Auto. The hue and cry only really surfaced when it was discovered there was a segment where implied sex could be seen. The whole car jacking and shooting people in the head thing, really not as important.
Indeed, a XXX domain for all of that. It's neat, it's simple, it's easily blocked by those that wish it so, and it means I don't have to type free porn into google to get me some cyber loving.
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Frankly it's a twisted world where the yanks froth at the lips about sex and such being near the kiddies, but graphic onscreen violence is regarded no where near as bad.
Case point. Grand Theft Auto. The hue and cry only really surfaced when it was discovered there was a segment where implied sex could be seen. The whole car jacking and shooting people in the head thing, really not as important.
Indeed, a XXX domain for all of that. It's neat, it's simple, it's easily blocked by those that wish it so, and it means I don't have to type free porn into google to get me some cyber loving.
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