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[Prev|Next|Index] Thu, Feb 22, 1996 Ken Leebow
Pornography
By Ken Leebow
There has been a tremendous amount of "noise" made about
pornography on the
Internet. If you have never been on the Internet this sounds like
it would be a major
problem. Those of us that spend a fair amount of time on the
Internet know that this is a
ridiculous issue.
Yes, there are nude pictures and other types of material on the
Internet. However, if you
"channel surf" (to use a TV clichΘ) you will never come upon
anything on the Internet
that is pornographic, in nature. To find pornography you would
have to spend a lot of time
searching for it and of course have a desire to view it.
That brings me to the point of this article. You see, I'm much
more concerned about the
pornography in traditional media than I am on this new medium. As
an example, my wife
and I sat down, with our 10 year old daughter, last Sunday at
8:00pm, to watch a sit-com.
To my amazement the entire show was dedicated to sexual
intercourse and lesbianism. I
can assure you that this is not what I choose for my children to
watch. The sad thing is
that this is what is on almost every channel. I have no way of
controlling this. And I have
no desire for a "V" chip.
I can assure you that television is a lot worse than the
Internet. The reason for the scare
tactics about the Internet is simple. You see, the Internet is
democracy at its greatest. It
is true freedom. Freedom of expression, thought, choice and
imagination. It is a
grassroots movement that has a tremendous amount of momentum. The
people that are
on it enjoy the freedom that is implicit with the medium.
Unlike most other areas of our life no one is controlling it! The
government, education,
TV, magazines, newspapers, advertising and other traditional
media tend to control
everything, whether we like it or not. To many institutions and
people it is a very scary
proposition that no one is controlling free thought. Simply, the
Internet contains
magnificent information of all kinds. Every area of life is
represented on the Internet.
I read a Yiddish Proverb the other day that makes sense to me in
regard to our lives in
general and the Internet specifically. "If each one sweeps in
front of their own door; the
whole neighborhood will be clean."
For those of you that have never navigated the Internet and found
its true richness
please "surf" the net before you get on some government control
bandwagon. The
Internet like life will be as clean or as dirty as you choose to
make it.
Here's wishing you a clean neighborhood.
See more of our opinions at
http://home.navisoft.com/vip/humble.htm
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