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Iceland to Ban Internet Porn!

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  • #32
    pandaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭pandaboy


    IM0 wrote: »
    and people think our country is backward!

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


  • #33
    Wicklowrider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭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.


  • #34
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    pandaboy wrote: »
    In terms of a Southern Hemisphere perspective on toilet flushing, it is.

    fnar fnar..


  • #35
    Joe Gentle Silverware
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Joe Gentle Silverware


    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


  • #36
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭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:


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  • #37
    starlings
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭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.


  • #38
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #39
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


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


  • #40
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,915 ✭✭✭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?


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


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  • #42
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭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.


  • #43
    Joe Gentle Silverware
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Joe Gentle Silverware


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


  • #44
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    They should just ban porn and be done with it.

    Pure filth is all it is.


  • #45
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭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 :(


  • #46
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    I'd imagine the price of hoors would skyrocket!

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


  • #47
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭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.


  • #48
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭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 :D

    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.


  • #49
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭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


  • #50
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    HTML5! wrote: »
    The above statements are very shortsighted and naive in my opinion.

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


  • #51
    GalwayGuy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭GalwayGuy2


    Originally Posted by Wicklowrider viewpost.gif
    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.


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  • #52
    starlings
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭starlings


    GalwayGuy2 wrote: »
    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.

    I'm not sure if anyone can agree on "normal" sex. Most people seem to think using porn is normal, and that it's a part of their real lives.


  • #53
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Iceland is a pretty liberal country. It seems like a strange move to censor or filter the internet.


  • #54
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Wicklowrider wrote: »
    If people don't think internet porn is being viewed by and damaging children then they are naive.

    Children have sex at 13 and, in cultures gone by, have gotten married at 13.

    Not suggesting for one second these things are right but how much damage could watching porn do? And have you any evidence to suggest it does?

    I remember at 13 or 14 talking about porn in school. Everyone watched it, and my school, from what I can tell, didn't release 800 sexual deviants or otherwise damaged teenagers into the world.


  • #55
    Raekwon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Why would you need porn when you are surrounded by beautiful Icelandic women?


  • #56
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Raekwon wrote: »
    Why would you need porn when you are surrounded by beautiful Icelandic women?


    They photoshopped out the fangs and beard.


  • #57
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    The rallying cry of the hysterical masses



  • #58
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Raekwon wrote: »
    Why would you need porn when you are surrounded by beautiful Icelandic women?

    You'd need it if the rest of them looked like Bjork.:(


  • #59
    IceFjoem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭IceFjoem


    Drakares wrote: »
    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."


    Iceland sent a man to the moon?! :eek:


  • #60
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    A country that cares about their children.
    Go Iceland!


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  • #61
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »
    Nobody should be denied the right to a ****.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    **** is good for you , for your health mind and well been
    Dudes can ye not **** without porn?


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