Thank you, Powers-that-Be - for protecting our morals

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Yes, censoring Pornhub and a few other porn web sites will certainly do the trick and protect our "good morals". I'll try to remember that next time I enter a go-go bar.

Of course, some prude deciding he gets to tell me what I can and can't see definitely relieves me of the responsibility of making my own decisions.

Haven't you figured out yet that the more you tell people not to do something, the more they want to do it?

Well, shhhhhhh. Don't tell them. Any VPN can effortlessly get around such idiotic restrictions. Whoops! There goes the "good morals" . . .
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Thai Government confirms Pornhub, other major adult websites, will stay blocked in Thailand to “protect the good morals” of their citizens

By Adam Judd

4 March 2021

The Thai Government, through the Acting Minister of Digital Economy and Society, confirmed tonight that popular adult website Pornhub will stay blocked in Thailand, giving the reason that the website allegedly encourages poor moral standpoints and can affect youth in a negative manner, according to the Thai government.

Itthipol Khunplume, Acting Minister of Digital Economy and Society and current Minister of Culture (who was previously the Mayor of Pattaya, which allegedly has many adult entertainment-oriented businesses, depending on who you ask, of course), made the statement to the Associated Thai press.

He stated that the decision that had been made by the previous Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Buddhipongse Punnakanta, (who lost his post due to court-related issues) would be upheld. This decision also has banned hundreds of other prominent adult websites which, according to the Thai Government, are “obscene” and conflict with “good morals for upstanding citizens.”

The previous decision to block the website brought protests against the Thai government, with protesters claiming access to adult websites should be based on an individual and is part of freedom of expression.

The previous Minister of Digital Economy and Society explained here why he felt the ban was needed.

https://tpnnational.com/2021/03/04/thai ... -citizens/
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I've never considered myself an upstanding citizen with or without good morals. Maybe that's been half my problem. Furthermore, how does anyone know pornhub affects youth in a negative manner? Has anyone asked them? I'll happily conduct a survey and give my report in a year or two.
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thewayhelooks wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:02 am Maybe that's been half my problem.
Maybe the other half of the problem is the fact that the wrong people so often are the ones that manage to get into positions of power - and then want to impose this kind of nonsense on everyone else.

You're right about how would anyone know Pornhub affects youth in a negative manner. The last time I checked, the youth is far more interested in playing video games than anything else. A lot of violence in those video games. Maybe they should ban those too.

I could be wrong, of course:

Judge: Young man, you have been charged with crimes of immorality. What do you have to say for yourself?
Youth: I'm sorry, Your Honor, but it's not my fault.
Judge: No? How then do you explain your behavior?
Youth: I watched videos on Pornhub.
Judge: I see. Yes, that certainly explains it. I agree. You did nothing wrong. You were inspired by Pornhub. It's Pornhub's fault, not yours. Case dismissed.
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Gaybutton wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:46 pm You're right about how would anyone know Pornhub affects youth in a negative manner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opin ... cking.html

A simple Google search might well provide an answer to your question.
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DragonMaster wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:08 pm A simple Google search might well provide an answer to your question.
It doesn't. The issue involving Thailand's decision to ban these sites is about under-age kids seeing the porn and behaving "immorally" as a result. That is absurd.

Thailand's ban reasoning had nothing to do with under-age kids involuntarily ending up on these sites themselves. I'm truly sorry for the children victims who were exploited, but those are isolated incidents, assuming all that was in that article was true as described. No matter what kinds of regulations are in place kiddie porn will remain a problem. I don't see banning these sites entirely as the way to deal with it.

And don't forget, a VPN easily gets around these bans. So, how is banning these sites helping anything?

Most porn is adult and by consent. Banning porn sites, in my opinion, is not the solution. I agree children ending up on these sites is reprehensible, but there is not enough of that to justify banning these sites entirely. To me, that makes about as much sense as it would to ban motorbikes because some people suffer accidents on them.

This whole thing is about Thailand's powers-that-be trying to impose on everyone their own concept of what morality should be - and nothing else. As I said, I don't need some prude deciding for me what I can and cannot see. I am capable of deciding for myself and so is every other adult.

That old cliché about how you can't legislate morality is correct - you can't.
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