Censorship & Filters; Please sign & reblog.
This site will be banned!
Many of you may not know what David Cameron has been up to. Basically he is calling to filter all pornography from the internet in the UK. Now, you’ll be able to call up your ISP and ask them to let it through but there are many that will feel too shy, embarrassed or judged to do this. He is also placing an out right ban on certain kinds of pornography making possession a crime. David is using children as his argument here. Within the industry we applaud any law that will aid in the protection of children however the adult industry has nothing to do with children, we do all we can to keep children away from viewing our sites (ie: adult tags) and we rely on the parents to do the rest as you’d expect any decent parent to (fire walls, watching your children and education). We the adult industry also have nothing to do with sex crimes against children, it is an appalling fact of life that these things do happen but these crimes are committed by sick individuals or well organised crime syndicates who are certainly nothing to do with our world!
So, why is this a problem?
1. I would argue that as people we have the right to view porn if we so wish.
2. We have the right to make our own minds up about porn and anything else for that matter.
3. Filters imposed by countries are never just used as filters, they are often misused to benefit others.
4. The adult industry in the UK is fragile and people will lose money/jobs in an economy that is already struggling
5. Given that in countries that allow pornography and have relaxed laws regarding it cases of rape have fallen, it would be safe to argue that cases of rape will increase should you block it.
6. Define porn, it differs from person to person. To some it’s Bukkake and Gangbangs, to others it’s girls rubbing balloons with their feet… Where will the line be drawn and where will censorship eventually end?
7. Pornography already suffers heavily from pirates and a legal system unwilling to help those whom own the rights to content. By banning certain pornography and making it difficult to acquire any in the 1st place will cause a ‘boom’ in pirated material. We will find our selves back in a situation where DVD’s are being sold out the back of vans and in bars. Basically people like the producers and performers will suffer financially while even more illegal content is sold and distributed illegally.
8. This move by David is one that in the long term will be damaging to the countries economy and sexual health all in order to gain a few extra votes in order to hold his position as Prime Minister.
9. The new laws will criminalise people, the average person, people like you.
I could go on, I could go into far greater detail than I have above. Unlike David though I am not about to insult your intelligence, I know the vast majority of people are well informed and more than capable of making up their own mind based on the knowledge and common sense they have. So please have a think about what I’ve written, even do some research if you feel you need to but please do it before David filters how much you can do.
If you agree please sign the petition below and thank you for taking the time to read this:
