12-30-2006, 10:51 PM
berlinlife06 Wrote:Well, if it is for names that people get into the sex and gambling sites, to some people is not that easy! In Spain a couple of weeks ago, some parent discover a site that was posting child pornography under the name of a very popular cartoon series that is shown there. This father went in to download an episode for his kid, and found a surprise when he saw the episode before recording it for his kid. He called the police and they found a group od pedophiliacs that was operating through those names and under those sites... only thing they had a special word on the title to identify from the others. But this company taking a step towards having "clean names" I think it is a good decision if it helps their business.
That's really terrible to disguise child porn under a cartoon name. It's a kind of ironically disturbed code. But then again, all child porn is bad.
But, getting back to the point, not all porn is child porn. And unlike child porn, not all porn is universally detested. Many people enjoy pornography, and believe that as adults, they have a right to decide what they view, as long as it does not harm others.
Afternic is not preventing HARM (such as child porn) by banning names. They are promoting a social ideology where porn = bad. But not everyone shares that ideology, and not everyone wants to be forced to accept that ideology when using their service.
Zach