Iceland to Ban Internet Porn!

Drakares

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/15/tech/web/porn-ban-iceland/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Iceland is working on banning Internet pornography, calling explicit online images a threat to children.
'"There is a strong consensus building in Iceland," Halla Gunnarsdottir, an adviser to the nation's Interior Minister, told England's Daily Mail. "We have so many experts, from educationalists to the police and those who work with children behind this, that this has become much broader than party politics.
"At the moment, we are looking at the best technical ways to achieve this. But surely if we can send a man to the moon, we must be able to tackle porn on the Internet."

There will be an uprising in Iceland if this is to get signed into law

Best username ever

They better not do that here, I love a good 30 seconds of xhamster when the Missus is out.

Seachmall

But surely if we can send a man to the moon, we must be able to tackle porn on the Internet.

I remember when I was that naive.

Good times.

Micky Dolenz

Wait? wha?? There is porn on the internet?

Lapin

Waiting for the obligatory horse burger / Bjork / joke.

hfallada

It wont work. Theyre is always ways around bans. Take the Chinese government firewall that blocks sites like nytimes, facebook, YouTube and pretty much every popular site in the west

But people are still able to get around it with free software called a VPN. Likewise I heard new York times paid up to $40 million for a pay wall that you can avoid by using private browsing on google chrome.

Another policy thats good on paper. But never works in reality

Grayson

But

A member of the parliament committee studying the issue, Jonsdottir says a porn ban has "near zero" chance of passing parliament and that she's working to find other ways the government can help protect children from Web porn.

"Introducing censorship without compromising freedom of expression and speech is like trying to mix oil and water: It is impossible," she wrote. "I know my fellow MPs can often turn strange and dangerous laws into reality, but this won't be one of them."

sfwcork

That completely eliminates the possibility of me moving there

Id rather be poor than have no porn

mattjack

:pac::pac::pac: Iceland ? I never seen any porn there , where is it , in the pizza section ? or near the cash registers .

Stark

For the children

repsol

If they want to protect children,they should ban catholic priests not porn.

Keen2win

repsol wrote: »

If they want to protect children,they should ban catholic priests not porn.

These replies are getting tiring on here.

repsol

Sorry Father!

Tipsy McSwagger

Nobody should be denied the right to a ****.

MaxSteele

The children can go fuck themselves.

Truncheon Rouge

W4nk march protest through the streets.

my cock my choice.

Zaph

repsol wrote: »

If they want to protect children,they should ban catholic priests not porn.

Keen2win wrote: »

These replies are getting tiring on here.

Agreed. Considering that Catholics account for just 2.5% of the population in Iceland it's even more pointless than usual.

Crimsonforce

Best username ever wrote: »

They better not do that here, I love a good 30 seconds of xhamster when the Missus is out.

Haahahahahahaha

Grayson

Yer ma went to iceland.

Tomk1

Six months later: "Iceland to encourage people to use the internet" -quote "No one seems to use the web anymore?"

crockholm

Does this mean that shooting the movie "Reykja-ass in Reykjavik 4" can continue?

Dempsey

A real first world problem!

What a load of sh!te
If you don't want to look at it then don't

GalwayGuy2

Burn the banks they said, be grand they said;)

kylith

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Dr. Cox wrote:

If you took all the porn off the internet there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called "Bring Back the Porn"

Duggy747

And deny the people of Iceland this!?!

ITS_A_BADGER

so they are banning 90% of the internet?

**** is good for you , for your health mind and well been

Yamanoto

bluewolf wrote: »

What a load of sh!te
If you don't want to look at it then don't

You would think so, yeah.

It's kinda symptomatic of an increasingly nannyish social engineering experiment playing out in some Nordic societies. In a push for absolute equality and an egalitarian utopia of sorts, countries which once appeared enlightened and forward-thinking have kinda become a wee bit repressive, counterintuitive as that may seem. At least that's how it appears to me - I've never lived there though, so could be waffling out my asshat

pandaboy

IM0

and people think our country is backward!

pandaboy

IM0 wrote: »

and people think our country is backward!

In terms of a Southern Hemisphere perspective on toilet flushing, it is.

Wicklowrider

bluewolf wrote: »

What a load of sh!te
If you don't want to look at it then don't

It specifically mentions children.

If people don't think internet porn is being viewed by and damaging children then they are naive. I'm not sue what can be done to tackle this but I am glad wiser heads than mine are making an effort.

IM0

pandaboy wrote: »

In terms of a Southern Hemisphere perspective on toilet flushing, it is.

fnar fnar..

They always mention children when they want to censor or ban something, regardless of whether it actually affects children or if it bans it for adults alike
"we want to ban low cost drinks in shops to prop up the pubs. How'll we sell it? We'll say it's for the kids, underage drinking. Great thinking there, off we go"

Bit of parental supervision tbh

IM0

Wicklowrider wrote: »

It specifically mentions children.

If people don't think internet porn is being viewed by and damaging children then they are naive. I'm not sue what can be done to tackle this but I am glad wiser heads than mine are making an effort.

simple you set up parental control software to filter it out, but no lets target the adults instead :rolleyes:

starlings

Wicklowrider wrote: »

It specifically mentions children.

If people don't think internet porn is being viewed by and damaging children then they are naive. I'm not sue what can be done to tackle this but I am glad wiser heads than mine are making an effort.

wisdom: don't let children browse unsupervised.

My name is URL

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

so they are banning 90% of the internet?

It's not going to happen, so no. It's a small, albeit varied group of people who are in favor of banning it.

IM0 wrote: »

and people think our country is backward!

Are you being sarcastic? Which is more backward.. a silly idea backed by a minority of politicians to ban internet porn, or the failure of successive governments over the course of two decades to introduce legislation regarding abortion? It's been legal in Iceland since 1975!

mike65

In a country that cold you'd have thought activity, however onanistic would be encouraged.

StupidLikeAFox

bluewolf wrote: »

They always mention children when they want to censor or ban something, regardless of whether it actually affects children or if it bans it for adults alike
"we want to ban low cost drinks in shops to prop up the pubs. How'll we sell it? We'll say it's for the kids, underage drinking. Great thinking there, off we go"

Bit of parental supervision tbh

They want the state to do their parenting for them. Maybe thats why mums go to Iceland?

Wasn't there some study conducted once in America that showed the cities that had the highest rate of internet access (i.e. porn) had the lowest rates of sexual offenses? Well, it was on Penn & Teller: Bullshit so how true that is is an entirely different thing.

HTML5!

bluewolf wrote: »

They always mention children when they want to censor or ban something, regardless of whether it actually affects children or if it bans it for adults alike
"we want to ban low cost drinks in shops to prop up the pubs. How'll we sell it? We'll say it's for the kids, underage drinking. Great thinking there, off we go"

Bit of parental supervision tbh

IM0 wrote: »

simple you set up parental control software to filter it out, but no lets target the adults instead :rolleyes:

starlings wrote: »

wisdom: don't let children browse unsupervised.

Em...surely you realise kids can browse the internet via other avenues than their parental homes.

The above statements are very shortsighted and naive in my opinion.

So is banning the internet because parents haven't thought about filters or the fact bans can probably be circumvented fairly easily

Micky Dolenz

They should just ban porn and be done with it.

Pure filth is all it is.

Gummy Panda

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

They should just ban porn and be done with it.

Pure filth is all it is.

But that's why I like it

1ZRed

I'd imagine the price of hoors would skyrocket!

Surely that's where the smart money will be in future.

HTML5!

bluewolf wrote: »

So is banning the internet because parents haven't thought about filters or the fact bans can probably be circumvented fairly easily

I'm not saying they should ban it.

I'm just stating flaws in those arguments.

Personally, I don't think they should ban any of it.

I do think parents should use filters, but they should know their kids will find a way if they want to see something and this is where actual parenting comes into it.

Mr Benevolent

Yamanoto wrote: »

You would think so, yeah.

It's kinda symptomatic of an increasingly nannyish social engineering experiment playing out in some Nordic societies. In a push for absolute equality and an egalitarian utopia of sorts, countries which once appeared enlightened and forward-thinking have kinda become a wee bit repressive, counterintuitive as that may seem. At least that's how it appears to me - I've never lived there though, so could be waffling out my asshat

No, you're right. In most Nordic countries a bottle of beer and five people is a party. The national sport of Sweden is suicide. Only Finland has it right.

IM0

HTML5! wrote: »

I'm not saying they should ban it.

I'm just stating flaws in those arguments.

Personally, I don't think they should ban any of it.

I do think parents should use filters, but they should know their kids will find a way if they want to see something and this is where actual parenting comes into it.

so in essence you are agreeing with us, well done on getting there in the end :P

Yamanoto

HTML5! wrote: »

The above statements are very shortsighted and naive in my opinion.

And attempting to place a blanket ban on internet pornography...?

GalwayGuy2

Originally Posted by Wicklowrider
It specifically mentions children.

If people don't think internet porn is being viewed by and damaging children then they are naive. I'm not sue what can be done to tackle this but I am glad wiser heads than mine are making an effort.

Or you could increase sexual education so people will know what's normal and not normal, or porn and real life sex, or so on so forth.