Call to ban porn from newsagents' shelves (4 Viewers)

[thongetsu]

and bendroid i thought you were talking to me about criticising your dna model comment

 

[brendroid]

No, I wasn't talking to you mate.

 

[thongetsu]

cut.

 

[brendroid]

Uh, okay.

 

[hscishard]

but have you seen how immature 12-14 yr olds are? they draw penises everywhere!

Lol. Everyone did it to each other in my class last year(year 10).

 

[Fish Tank]

fish tank you are lagging!

Soz, I'm a slow fella

 

[mirakon]

Who gives a shit if it's not available in newsagents? Kids can get it over the internet anyway, so why bother?

 

[rowdyroddy]

dont even bother... who buys porn these days? and who buys it across the counter... the internet, free and much better

 

[0bs3n3]

She looks a bit like a man, which is why he is attracted to her.

I bet you get that all the time.

 

[scaredytiger]

Only on the internet.

 

[moll.]

Hey, I've never really paid much attention to these porn magazines, but aren't the widely available ones mostly just non-intercourse porn? Like just naked people standing around, talking, having a cuppa etc? What's wrong with naked people?

 

[speak]

I think the argument goes that since the porn isn't put in context the kids who see it will then go rape some girls. Seems reasonable when you occasionally read news stories of like 9 to 12 year old kids getting in trouble for sexual assault. I haven't seen any studies/evidence on it and I don't care enough to look.

 

[Sarah182]

I work at a newagency and honestly no one buys that shit anyways.
Not when there is stuff like 2 girls 1 cup on the internet for free.

 

[Absolutezero]

Seems reasonable when you occasionally read news stories of like 9 to 12 year old kids getting in trouble for sexual assault.

The stories are actually more common than you think. I've been researching some of it for uni, and I've found 5 or so articles in two newspapers alone. However, I don't think that the 'porn' magazines in newsagents are the ones responsible at all.

 

[scaredytiger]

Any cases are well publicised, since they are bizarre.

Bizarre stories sell.

 

[Absolutezero]

Bizarre stories sell.

Agreed. It's a typical 'Man Bites Dog' situation.

 

[scaredytiger]

So they aren't necessarily common, they just get published.

 

[Absolutezero]

But the stories themselves appear more often than people think they do. I didn't expect to find so many in such a small sample space.

 

[chrisnumber1]

I honestly wonder if it's profitable for them anyway, most people are too embarassed to 'browse' through them.

mate i work in a newsagency, and for the people who do buy them its either...."oh its for a joke cos its a friends birthday" or the more common "no, mate!!!! i dont want a bag with that!!!im proud of what i read!!!!" i really dont care what people do, but i see the point, the economist is almost next to time magazine, and especially in petrol stations there like 1m away from k-zone ect

 

[scaredytiger]

But the stories themselves appear more often than people think they do. I didn't expect to find so many in such a small sample space.

If you lived in a low socio-economic area, you'd understand.