pornography

Imagine a girl about eight years old performing a sexual act for a boy about the same age. And I don't mean kissing or petting. As repulsive as that is, it is happening not just in other countries but in the Philippines. One would have many questions on this. Do they know what they are doing? Why did they do it? Where did they learn to do that?!

It has been a week since I learned about an incident like that happen to two children I am acquainted with. I am not really close to these children, but now that I think about it, I ask myself if I could have done something to prevent such. These two children are regulars in my office. Everyday they visit each room in our building and ask for food. I sometimes asked them about their parents but their answers are the standards. Father works at the port or a "padyak" driver while mother is at home looking after the younger children.

So do they know what they are doing? I think not. Eight-year olds don't have any idea about sex. yes, to have sex is a basic drive but not until one's teens. Why did they do it? They answered that they were playing. Where did they learn to do it? From watching porn.

Pornography is as old as the printing press. Almost as soon as photography was invented, it was being used to produce pornographic images. Indeed some claim that pornography has been a driving force in the development of technologies from the printing press, through photography (still and motion) to video, satellite TV, VCD, and the Internet.

Technology is good. But as everything in the world, it should be regulated. There should be a law to prohibit these and it should be implemented strictly. Is this possible? It is but it will need effort by all people. As easy as information can be transferred, it is harder to find the sources of these. Like everything else, regulation will only be successful with the help of everyone.

thumbmarks

new technology really amazes me. As much as one try to keep up with the developments, it simply cannot be done. for example, a person will spend a whole day sorting through whatever new information is posted on the net. and each new information is linked to other information. that's one person for every other person keeping him/her up to date. ironically, he will never be up to date because of the bulk every other people send him.

even the fastest way of transferring information cannot fully provide one with everything. take our country, we are already trying to keep up with everything changing globally yet it will never be enough.

let's start some few years back. i remember that as a child, a wondered why people get their fingers dirty with ink whenever they sign something. i immitated putting thumbmarks on paper while i play "opisopisan". that's about 20 years ago and yet we still don't have a database of thumbmarks in the country. the NBI still refers to the Courts criminal history of people who apply for clearances. we still do the matching type which means one needs two fingerprints to compare.

fast track to the present. criminals have become more imaginative and technology is harder to keep up. whenever i watch episodes of crime investigation series, i get carried away by the technology they use.at the back of my mind though, i know i will never be able to see them used in our country. that' why i remind myself that these shows are only fictions. yet the way they present their investigations are so logical and the technology they use really makes sense. so i blame the government for not funding our technology well.

the article of the canadian child rescued through a plea on the net was really simple. yet if that were to happen in the country, can we rescue the victim?

having friends and relatives who work for call centers have made me open to the idea of also working in such job. they say it has a good pay, nice facilities for the staff and you could do other things during the day. what kept me from really trying to jump with the bandwagon is how I want to use what i learned in college. i always thought this was the only down side in working in call centers, that the brilliant minds of Filipinos are not put to good use.
reading the article on how it also affects the workers in the US, my first reaction was that they are just bitter. now that we can compete, after the years they enjoyed being on top, they can't complain if companys find it better to outsource to the Philippines. but, going back to the down side, aren't Filipinos being shortchanged?

Hilbay and Amador

I took up Legal Method under Prof. Hilbay and Intellectual Property Law with Prof. Amador last sem. To those who know these 2 teachers,you would understand how confused I was regarding " piracy " & "property rights" on the web. A timid person that I am, I kept my dilemma to myself and compromised the situation by not deciding on my stand yet. Prof Hilbay believes that IPL restricts creativity and that ideas are public property. Prof Amador only use "borrowed" copies from the net for educational purposes. He earns from protecting IPR, why shouldn't he advocate IPL, right?

Maybe this new IT class will tip the balance somehow.