Comments on: “The Pornification of the Culture” (This week’s column) http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2007/10/20/the-pornification-of-the-culture-this-weeks-column/ Let’s look at things a little differently.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Yves Dinel http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2007/10/20/the-pornification-of-the-culture-this-weeks-column/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Yves Dinel Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:29:20 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/2007/10/20/the-pornification-of-the-culture-this-weeks-column/#comment-701 Dear Betsy, I found a reference to you through in the article "Online pornography and children" by Mrs. Roslyn Phillips, in "Australian Family Association" journal. Thank you for that article. Yours faithfully, Yves Dear Betsy,

I found a reference to you through in the article “Online pornography and children” by Mrs. Roslyn Phillips, in “Australian Family Association” journal. Thank you for that article.

Yours faithfully,

Yves

]]> By: Dan Wallar http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2007/10/20/the-pornification-of-the-culture-this-weeks-column/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Dan Wallar Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:06:57 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/2007/10/20/the-pornification-of-the-culture-this-weeks-column/#comment-700 Dear Betsy, I’ve enjoyed and related to your writings for many years now. Being a single parent myself, raising four children, three boys and a girl, we can use all the help we can get. Your thoughts have always provided to me a strong foundation for the incredibly difficult job it is to raise kids in today’s sometimes lazy, crazy, and negligent parenting culture. Your recent column, The Pornification of Culture was especially relevant because I have two boys, 10 and 11 years old, who spend more time on the computer than they do watching TV. I don’t understand why it has become acceptable for free porn to be so accessible to anyone who has the internet. The fact that you can trip, or stumble, upon porn when making innocent searches through any of the search engines is an inexcusable result of the way the internet developed in such a hap-hazard way. I wouldn’t allow a dirty book store on my street, why am I allowing them in my computer? The solution I believe is two fold. First, all porn must be segregated into a different domain name ending with XXX. Any porn sites ending with COM, ORG, EDU, GOV, or any other name need to be disciplined. This will take regulation of some sort. Second, all ISP’s must restrict all XXX sites to a permission only basis. So if you have Comcast as a provider, Comcast blocks all XXX sites unless specific notification is given otherwise. Same with all the ISP’s. Owners of the computers should be able to check at any time to verify if the XXX access is allowed or not. This solution is simple on the surface, but probably difficult to execute. Unlike TV, where broadcast stations are regulated and restricted, anyone can own a server on the internet and “broadcast” their own channel, and that‘s one of the great qualities of the internet. However, the internet should be more like TV. I know there’s a dirty movie somewhere on my TV, but I didn’t order it, so I won’t see it. Thanks Betsy, for letting us know we’re not alone in our thinking. - Dan Dear Betsy,

I’ve enjoyed and related to your writings for many years now. Being a single parent myself, raising four children, three boys and a girl, we can use all the help we can get. Your thoughts have always provided to me a strong foundation for the incredibly difficult job it is to raise kids in today’s sometimes lazy, crazy, and negligent parenting culture. Your recent column, The Pornification of Culture was especially relevant because I have two boys, 10 and 11 years old, who spend more time on the computer than they do watching TV. I don’t understand why it has become acceptable for free porn to be so accessible to anyone who has the internet. The fact that you can trip, or stumble, upon porn when making innocent searches through any of the search engines is an inexcusable result of the way the internet developed in such a hap-hazard way. I wouldn’t allow a dirty book store on my street, why am I allowing them in my computer?

The solution I believe is two fold. First, all porn must be segregated into a different domain name ending with XXX. Any porn sites ending with COM, ORG, EDU, GOV, or any other name need to be disciplined. This will take regulation of some sort. Second, all ISP’s must restrict all XXX sites to a permission only basis. So if you have Comcast as a provider, Comcast blocks all XXX sites unless specific notification is given otherwise. Same with all the ISP’s. Owners of the computers should be able to check at any time to verify if the XXX access is allowed or not. This solution is simple on the surface, but probably difficult to execute. Unlike TV, where broadcast stations are regulated and restricted, anyone can own a server on the internet and “broadcast” their own channel, and that‘s one of the great qualities of the internet. However, the internet should be more like TV. I know there’s a dirty movie somewhere on my TV, but I didn’t order it, so I won’t see it.

Thanks Betsy, for letting us know we’re not alone in our thinking.

- Dan

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