I think it is reprehensible and ought to be made illegal, but I don't want the current government to determine what is and is not pornography.
The Cistine Chapel mustn't be, but Cardi B music videos should be, and I don't think our culture knows why.
I do think there is a place for the law to help teach the people these things, though.
We want the law to balance justice and mercy. Dissuade people who produce and distribute pornography, but cut some slack to people who view it—they are often addicted.
I also think there's a fairly easy line that can be drawn. If a video/film's primary purpose is to portray a sex act, then it pretty clearly qualifies as pornography. I think leaves some room for artistic freedom, even if we as individuals might not view a particular thing as especially artistic.
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".
I think blocking distribution becomes difficult. It's too easy to lie about your age to a website. Perhaps it's a place to start though. Treat pornography for minors like alcohol; it's an addictive consumable product.
Defining it is hard because movies and TV often have sexual themes, and as much as I don't care for them, I'm not sure they should be defined as pornography by law. There's clearly a big difference, though, between a movie that has a sex scene and a pornographic video.
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.
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.
