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re: Pornhub goes dark in TX

Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:38 pm to
Posted by wareagle7298
Birmingham
Member since Dec 2013
1473 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:38 pm to
Your solutions...

Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26513 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:38 pm to
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Why is it mandatory that children consume porn?

It’s not. But it is inevitable.
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? Why do people believe it's impossible to keep children from consuming porn?

Because they live in reality.

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This plus other blockers can make it harder.

No it doesn’t. At all. There’s porn on Reddit and Twitter.

You absolutely cannot prevent someone who wants to access it from finding it. Some of the most visited porn sites aren’t even American and will never comply with anything like this.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41712 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:39 pm to
Porn is destructive. I support PH not providing their "services" in as many places as possible.
Posted by lake chuck fan
westlake
Member since Aug 2011
9212 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:40 pm to
Use a VPN that says your in another state. Problem solved. That's what underage people will do also.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
80371 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:45 pm to
Doesn't this site have actual rape and exploitation videos on it? Pretty sure that doesn't promote a culture of "safety".
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
12557 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:45 pm to
do teenagers still have to show ID if they want to buy cigarettes or dip?
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28952 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:45 pm to
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You absolutely cannot prevent someone who wants to access it from finding it. Some of the most visited porn sites aren’t even American and will never comply with anything like this.



i work in the web filtering world. this is entirely true.

but... locked doors keep honest men honest.

it's not a Biblical or Empirical Truth or anything, but it is something that has stood the test of time.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26513 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:46 pm to
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locked doors keep honest men honest.

Horny 15 year old boys are not honest men
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35507 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:47 pm to
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You operate under the assumption that drinking and porn consumption is impossible to derail and its nearly a rite of passage.
That's you making your own fairly odd assumption because nothing in my post was even remotely supportive of minors consuming porn or anything else.

What I'm operating under is the theory that if I have multiple outlets providing something that I'm actually trying to protect children from, forcing a handful to comply while allowing thousands of others to operate unhindered is wholey ineffective. And I agree with their argument that forcing the device, and not the site, to verify is a far more effective solution. That is, if your actually interested insolutions and not wasting time with feel-good grandstanding.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28952 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:48 pm to
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Horny 15 year old boys are not honest men




absolutely not. i'm a 40 year old Christian man and i like them boobs. but having safeguards to not cheat on my wife, look at porn, etc. is not terrible.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26513 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:50 pm to
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absolutely not. i'm a 40 year old Christian man and i like them boobs. but having safeguards to not cheat on my wife, look at porn, etc. is not terrible.

I’m not advocating for porn by any means.

My point is that legislation like this is entirely ineffective virtue signaling that will inevitably expand to extend this sort of thing to scopes beyond porn.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30082 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:52 pm to
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the whole thing is basically PornHub getting mad that they have to ask for ID. Same as LA


no, you are not even close, the issue is with the verify age page

people see that and just go to the dozens of other porn sites around the world without any age verification

they just go to other porn sites rather than give any personal info to a porn site, WOULD YOU

thats the issue, its hard to compete because not all sites are blocked, just the targeted ones they had the ability to go after with lawfare.

as is always the case, its about lost revenue
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 1:56 pm
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28952 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:54 pm to
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as is always the case, its about lost revenue



pornhub has free porn. what is the revenue they're losing?
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
35446 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:55 pm to
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but having safeguards to not cheat on my wife, look at porn, etc. is not terrible.


You are free to install those safeguards yourself.

Why do you need the state to do that? I'd rather pay less taxes than have the state make sure it's harder for you to look at porn.
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 1:57 pm
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30082 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:56 pm to
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what is the revenue they're losing?



advertising revenue pays the bills to keep sites running, anything that reduces clicks reduces add revenue
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 1:58 pm
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
6731 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:58 pm to
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I'm not arguing the merits of porn being good or bad (I think it's bad


If looking at nekkid women is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28952 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:59 pm to
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Why do you need the state to do that?



why do we have seatbelt laws, voter ID (laws,) minimum age for alcohol, smoking, building regulations, etc.?

i'm not saying all are good or bad, but some people won't protect themselves or others if they don't have to.

i'm a libertarian capitalist. but i also think all protectionists laws aren't all bad.


People act like having a moral society enforced by law is bad, but we'll pull back the veneer when it's not the morals we like.
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 2:01 pm
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8244 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:05 pm to
Government shouldn’t control what we the people view. Same with TikTok. Ban it on all of the government devices but a free america has no power to ban the app to its free citizens. And no, I do not nor ever will have TikTok. I’m just a Patriot who believes in less government.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71510 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:05 pm to
You’re not wrong
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
35446 posts
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:06 pm to
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why do we have seatbelt laws, voter ID (laws,) minimum age for alcohol, smoking, building regulations, etc.?


This is a cop out argument.

Why do you believe it is in our best interest that the state spend taxpayer money enforcing age restrictions on viewing media in private?

Why is the state the best party to do that?
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