UK Government Looking to Ban All Internet Porn

They will have a revolution on their hands, guaranteed.

Why don't the British people just put the monarchy back in power? They seem to like having the having the government run their lives, so they might as well.

I so hope you are right jskilnyk. I so hope you are right!

I think a lot of religious fanatics like to pretend like nudity is some how terrible or wrong. But we all know that they go home of rub one or four out when nobody is looking. The walls of tyranny and corruption are growing taller all over the world. I could write about a million pages about this, but it doesn't mean jack squat. jskilnyk hit the nail on the head, action is needed if a government could even consider this type of action.
Elections are rigged, protests are ignored or the people protesting are called criminals, letters and e-mails are ignored. There is only one idea that any government hears any longer. It makes me sad to know that these words I write won't be heard by anyone, anywhere. Another whisper in a shadow.

"Perry claims that 60 percent of those between ages nine-to-19 have found porn online, while only 15 percent of parents know how to use filters."

So let's not make the parents responsible for their own children or simply put out more information on how to use filters. No, let's censor every last bit of free speech we find unappealing. Yeah, that seems like a better idea.

i think they should solve the tuition problem first. unless the ban is to drive up demand for prostitutes which would alleviate unemployment.

Great Britain is joining their fellow comrade Chinese on the road to authoritarianism.

Remember remember the 5th of November?

Well that is what America does too..and blames schools for fat kids..

You're right. Return all the power to the Queen then they can do what they want.

I showed my 4 year old nephew a PlayBoy foldout (just to piss his mother off), and now he starts fights and beats up other kids!
OMG! It's all my fault!
... Wait.
He was violent before I did it. never mind, nothing to see here.
Ban pornography, and we may finally fix those bandwidth issues and limited IP adress problems we've been having without actually having to go to fibre or IPv6. Not all bad I guess.

Are they copying the Chinese government to filter the internet? This is what happens when the politians lay their hands on peoples freedom. Regulations will never come to the "enough" point. There will always be something left to regulate, if the people in power decide.

Mission Impossible!

LMFAO

Why do they care so much about banning porn? a little porn never hurt ANYONE..

i started watching when i was 9, and look at me now! i make bank as a prostitute.

hah jk.

but seriously. masturbation is healthy. porn is good. just leave it how it is and everything will be OKAY!

Kids got it easy these days. Within seconds of booting to desktop, they can get all the pron they want with a click or two. Back in my day, I had to watch through the filtered scan lines after my parents went to sleep.

Question. Is it just me or has no one been using thumbs up and down anymore? That is how i figure out which comments i want to read or not.

They should also burn books that talk about wizards and such...

It will never work. Repression breeds even worse perversion.

I think the voting system is all screwed up, again. Just like the UK if they'd try to pass one of these silly (and expensive) regulations.

My firewall, BTW, can block porn sites pretty efficiently.

You, sir, have obviously been drinking the anarchist kool-aid a bit too liberally. Guy Fawkes was a Catholic fanatic who planned to assassinate the ruling royal family and parliament during his time because they were Protestant, in hopes of replacing them with a authoritarian Catholic ruling body. You cite "V for Vendetta" because you falsely believe that Guy Fawkes was standing up for freedom; in fact, by his actions he was doing just the opposite, but you've obviously been taken so much by Hollywood's mutilated version of history that you've lost sight of the truth of the matter, or perhaps you've never seen it to begin with. I guarantee you, had Guy Fawkes succeeded, the world would be a FAR less free place today.

Get your head out of the sand, stop worshiping at the altar of Che Guevara, and go out and see what history *actually* has to say. You'll find the truth to be far more complex and far less compatible with your Utopian idealism than you can fathom.

With regards to the story, it will never happen. Not only is it a very fringe proposition that will never garner enough support to pass, it would be a logistical nightmare at this point to implement.

even though not entirely accurate, v for vendetta was a good show though, i do like at least two explosions in films..


..this cannot happen, it'd be a f**ker to put into action, to have it work seemlessly then it'd need to be one central database which all isps route all their traffic through.

so it would need to have unlimited bandwidth (you couldn't get away with running this on a celeron!)

and even if they did get it working, what would they do if their censor-box went down? stop the internet? unfeasible.

i can't see the networks getting on board with it either, they still have wares to hock after all.

as for that, probably not, even had gy fawkes succeeded, we wouldn't be living in some Dystopia, the UK has a way of righting itself and returning to normal again.

the second world war could have f**ked us, but not a catholic government. even ireland has been able to deal with that (which is good cos what else can the irish deal with effectively?)

and why to they want to do such a thing? doesn't the government make money from taxes?

Guys its not as if the British Government will completely ban Porn, all you would have to do is just inform your ISP to allow these sites through. What on Earth is wrong with this? I mean seriously is it really that bad to NOT have porn allowed by default into your home?

This is a good idea. If you want porn then ask for the unblock. Why is it an invasion of free speech/ free choice NOT to have porn by default. I don't want it, I don't want to stumble upon it nor do I want to be seduced by it.

Why should I have to buy content filtering software or install a firewall because it is not an option straight from the ISP?

There are smoking and drinking laws to protect the young why should there not be automatic protection from porn for the young and anyone else that wants it

I think we did that in the US with alcohol back in the day.. .didnt turn out too well and helped the mafia...

I'd have expected this in a backwards, strongly religious country (USA, most Islamic nations,...) or in a dictatorship with a strong moral policy (China,...), but not in a free democracy where religion's influence in shrinking.

Ah well, this won't work. Every now and then governments should pass unpopular measures like tax raises or spending cuts, but banning porn won't be accepted by the population. I think we'll see a revolution soon...

As a UK resident I wish the Government would concentrate on more serious pressing issues - like all the people not working and claiming benefit.... plus all the illegal immigrants. Porn doesnt cos the average tax payer....

Wow so many people lost in the now and no clue of the past. Porn is not a holy grail given to the people. Nor is it a beacon that has lead the western world to its greatness over the last 1000 years.

For the states this law is like putting a porn mag behind the "Must be over 18” sign. You can still get it, your kids just can't see it.

I would still like to see the .xxx domain so it can just be filtered that way. Porn for those who want it and no decadence for people who wish to live without it.

1 word, proxy

any filter they add will be taken on striagt away

they cant force the carriers to do this anyway

and they cannot block every website becasue as we now this would not work

I'm still waiting for a valid explanation as to why pictures and videos of naked people are so evil and damning. And no, "Because said so" isn't an acceptable answer.

...Forgot it likes to kill off things in angle brackets. Try:
"Because [insert religious figure/literature here] said so"