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.
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It really is a difficult situation. I love the idea of all that information, available pretty much on demand, on most any subject imaginable. Said information not being limited to text, but including images, audio and video, the better to immerse one's self in a particular topic. But at the same time, I realize that this ease of access creates seemingly intolerable situations. As discussed in your post, the problem of children's access to material of an adult nature arises. This problem is compounded when the information they encounter might possibly be considered offensive, even to some adults. Personally, the thought of kids watching video involving bestiality, among others, disturbs me. And given the nature of search and linkages on the internet, it isn't improbable for a kid, for example, to stumble upon just such a piece of material, in the course of reading up on animals.
And yet I continue to balk at the prospect of regulation. I believe that other measures short of such already exist, and will continue to be refined, which deal with issues like this outside of the framework of government regulation.
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