Demented Rants

Yup, that’s right. Those puritanical, right wing nutjobs are trying to take down porn YET AGAIN. You’d think they’d have learned to keep their noses out of other people’s bedrooms by now.

Apparently, even with as prudish and snobish as the Bush administration’s stance on pornography was, they are DEMANDING even more from the Obama administration. WTF?

Also, I have recently adopted the phrase “pornified” to explain what we Americans who don’t hate porn, but rather embrace the million year old tradition of nudity and sex being depicted in a pictoral or video format. Of course, I am stealing it from those conservative assholes in Washington who think that anyone who tries to enforce separation of Church and State is being forced to work against them by the Debil (as Bobby Boucher’s Mother would say).

Will someone walk up to these fucks and tell them to maybe try fixing their total annihilation of other countries; their screw-ups in our healthcare and social security system and even the fact that their own wives are sleeping with the paper boy; before fucking with my lifestyle that doesn’t HURT people, but rather bring them pleasure?

(P.S. Thanks to toker for the link: Conservatives Demand Action from U.S. Attorney General )

I have complained for many years that parents really need to watch their kids. It’s not the adult industries job to police your familiy. We do what we can, but there’s only SO MUCH that can be done. Free porn and adult commentary is available at the tips of their fingers in just a matter of seconds. According to CBSNews, 42% of online users aged 10-17 had seen online pornography between February 2006 and 2007. Of that, 34% had actively sought, and found it.

But porn isn’t the only issue with allowing your kids to have their own computers in their rooms, or accessable when you aren’t around to at least peek over their shoulders every once in a while. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying you shouldn’t let your kids hang out on sites and forums. Just encouraging you to pay attention to what they are saying and doing. Believe it or not, this generation of teens and tweens can completely demolish their standings at school or in social groups, just by their behavior on the net.

Some seem to think that the internet is still “anonymous”, but it’s really not. On sites like myspace and facebook, everyone is encouraged to socialize with people that they already know. This itself makes for a bit of an issue, when your kid thinks it’s ok to start talking about how they are dating some 30 year old man, when they are only 14 or 15 themselves. Rumors spread, stories evolve and next thing you know, you are getting a call from the school about how your child got into a fight because of someone calling them a name or worse.

We should all do our part in raising our own kids. It’s no one’s job but your own. Giving them their own completely unsupervised access to the net is no different than handing them the keys to the car without a license. You need to make it very clear what kind of behavior you expect from them, and take appropriate action when they prove to be otherwise.

Now, I’m not telling you to install some sort of spy software on their pc, but you do need to have some sort of open lines of communication. I remember when I was a teen, I couldn’t say 5 words to my mom openly, without fear of some sort of retribution no matter what the conversation topic was.

On the other hand, if you are worried, maybe you do need to pay attention to what sites they are visiting, see what posts they make on forums, etc. They are your children after all and if an office can do it, I see no problems in keeping tabs on your kids.