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Sex In The Net!

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A social and ethical essay task, designed to provide students with a
broader insight into both the Internet and computer ethics.
Since the beginning of time, men and women have fantasised over naked
bodies. Pornography has always been a part of life and yet it has never been so
readily available as what it is now. Erotic stories, explicit pictures, XXX-
rated films and modern day magazines, are all part of the stimulus material
which is known as "pornography" or as it is legally put, "obscenity." Is it
ethically right for our children to be looking at this erotic material at such
an early age? Do we have a twisted sense of morals if we support ...

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They have been exposed to it from
an early age and it has become an addiction like smoking or drinking. Part of
the problem is that censorship laws are not enforced. Some newsagents will sell
a twelve year old, pornography, (legal age of 18) but will not sell them a
packet of cigarettes (legal age of 16 until June 1994). The obvious derivative
from this statement, is that fines and punishments for selling pornography to
underage persons, are not high enough. So why don't we raise them? The answer
to this question can be found on the screen of every computer in the world. The
Internet, or as one person put it, "The closest thing to true anarchy that has
ever existed."
How is one to censor the Internet when it is literally impossible? What
is the use of placing fines for copying pornography when it is impossible to
tell the age of the user. How can one even trace the user when there are
twenty-five billion members and it is impossible to follow them all. How can ...

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Added: 8/1/2008 12:25:21 PM
Category: Social Issues
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