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True. Culture is downstream of policy, and the law is a teacher. Maybe first making it illegal to distribute to minors with life-altering fines on it is a start, up the age to 21, then to anyone. But it still begs the question: "what is pornography?"

"Media intended to sexuality arouse the consumer" is a little broad, especially because of that word "intended".

mleku 2y ago

i think that the control exists in, and only in, the hands of parents.

such 'laws' are just going to create black markets which is going to increase the violence involved.

it didn't work for alcohol, it didn't work for drugs, why would it work for pictures.

not only that, if you can justify banning one kind of picture you can stretch it to banning other kinds of pictures, and that doesn't really go anywhere good either.

censorship and monopoly claims are immoral.

parents should a) not allow what they don't want their children to see, and b) not be forced to socialise their children with other children whose parents have no morals.

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MichaelJ 2y ago

I want to help parents in their task. Parents can try to protect kids from porn, but often the kids will find it anyways, just because it's so pervasive on the internet. I recognize we'll never be able to get rid of it completely, but I think we should make it harder to find and access.