Taoiseach in call for debate on pornography" [with a view to legislation, obviously]

[SteveB]

"Taoiseach in call for national debate on pornography" [with a view to legislation, obviously]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1026/827...graphy-debate/

First, escorting, now porn, goverment on a roll here?

[Petros]

"Taoiseach in call for national debate on pornography" [with a view to legislation, obviously]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1026/827...graphy-debate/

First, escorting, now porn, goverment on a roll here?

Meanwhile the Guards and teachers are striking with the health service in a total mess — interesting what they think is important

[Wolverine]

I suppose he's bored an has nothing better to do now that the homelessness crisis is sorted , the national debt cleared and crime and corruption done are away with....Oh wait.

[gonzo76]

I suppose he's bored an has nothing better to do now that the homelessness crisis is sorted , the national debt cleared and crime and corruption done are away with....Oh wait.

Don't forget they built all those roads we needed too. Love the new motorway from cork to limerick. Fantastic that we no longer have to drive through Buttevant

[dob]

This may be a controversial opinion to express on this particular website but....



I happen to agree with him, I think the easy access to pornography is seriously damaging the relationships and expectations of young people and this will become more apparent in the years to come.
Use that organ between your ears a bit more lads

[gonzo76]

This may be a controversial opinion to express on this particular website but....



I happen to agree with him, I think the easy access to pornography is seriously damaging the relationships and expectations of young people and this will become more apparent in the years to come.
Use that organ between your ears a bit more lads

That's a perfectly valid point but do you think we need the government to tell us what we can and can't do? Parents have a responsibility.

Teachers have said in response that they are not qualified to teach about internet safety, and that they are not councillors.

I would prefer the government stayed the hell out of my private life.

[alcatel]

This may be a controversial opinion to express on this particular website but....



I happen to agree with him, I think the easy access to pornography is seriously damaging the relationships and expectations of young people and this will become more apparent in the years to come.
Use that organ between your ears a bit more lads

I. Was about to say something similar.
The implied point is about underage people accessing not just pornogrwphy but extreme forms of pornography.
And further down the line when some of these people are older, think of the more extreme requests that may be directed at escorts from guys who have grown up watching the kind Of stuff that is available to anyone on line ;-)

[Wolverine]

That's a perfectly valid point but do you think we need the government to tell us what we can and can't do? Parents have a responsibility.

Teachers have said in response that they are not qualified to teach about internet safety, and that they are not councillors.

I would prefer the government stayed the hell out of my private life.

Precisely. Parents need to take ownership of their responsibilities.
Same shit with blaming fast food outlets for childhood obesity.

[alcatel]

That's a perfectly valid point but do you think we need the government to tell us what we can and can't do? Parents have a responsibility.

Teachers have said in response that they are not qualified to teach about internet safety, and that they are not councillors.

I would prefer the government stayed the hell out of my private life.

Tell them the 23per cent rate of VAT on nearly everything you buy is interfering in my private life too.

[SteveB]

This may be a controversial opinion to express on this particular website but....



I happen to agree with him, I think the easy access to pornography is seriously damaging the relationships and expectations of young people and this will become more apparent in the years to come.
Use that organ between your ears a bit more lads

That's a perfectly valid point but do you think we need the government to tell us what we can and can't do? Parents have a responsibility.

Teachers have said in response that they are not qualified to teach about internet safety, and that they are not councillors.

I would prefer the government stayed the hell out of my private life.

I. Was about to say something similar.
The implied point is about underage people accessing not just pornogrwphy but extreme forms of pornography.
And further down the line when some of these people are older, think of the more extreme requests that may be directed at escorts from guys who have grown up watching the kind Of stuff that is available to anyone on line ;-)

Society has moved on. I think an open discussion with young people about real expectations & consent in schools & colleges would be a more sensible idea. But that will not happen in this ultra conservative county. Better to just ban the unbannable.

Precisely. Parents need to take ownership of their responsibilities.
Same shit with blaming fast food outlets for childhood obesity.

This has been debated at length in the UK
General consensus is that education that porn is not real life is the simple answer.
But, as has been said, not a solution in a religious society where even sex education is controversial.