Re: Not sure if this news is real, or a spoof...

Well, all I see is that there is hope for people above 35. We will merely
discuss here - I saw a suggestion to contribute by sending comments for/
against the act and it might help focus energies there.

-Akshay

On 12 July 2013 22:43, Banibrata Dutta <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:40 PM, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On 11 July 2013 21:00, Sarbajit Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> There was a public notice today in some leading newspapers from Rajya
>>> Sabha.
>>> Persons watching cyber porn will be severely published. Law being put
>>> in place, objections/suggestions are invited from public to Amend IT
>>> Act.
>>> http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/Press/Committee%20on%20Petitions/Cyber.pdf
>>
>>
>> According to the petitioner, internet porn leads to "dangerously
>> increasing" numbers of teenage pregnancies. This must be true, as data
>> suggests that "teen pregnancy in India is high with 62 pregnant teens out
>> of every 1,000 women. In comparison, 24 British teens get pregnant before
>> their 19th birthday while the figure is 42 in the US" *(2008 UNFPA
>> report). *
>>
>> At least half those pregnant Indian teens could be watching internet porn
>> with their men, as 47% of our girls are married off before 18.
>>
>
> What this blanket ban would do is block the URLs leading to known/listed
> porn websites, which may/maynot keep growing. However will it be able to
> stop bootleg ? "Side-loading" of content is a huge phenomenon in our
> country.
>
> And then what about the porn print material ? Won't kids (& grownups)
> switch to those alternative sources of titillation ?
>
> Then there is the media which swims on the borders... staying just-within
> the right side of the law (mostly). Question being, who defines what is
> porn, what is art and what is realty-show ? One of India's highest selling
> tabloids pushes enough sleaze to get young minds interested... not sure,
> how many noticed the growing boldness of the lingerie ads (ex: Peri-peri
> ads!)
>
> Sex education is also to blame. The petitioner believes that it helps
>> spread "free sex culture and increase in pornography" and leads to sticky
>> biology text books in school libraries or something.
>>
>
> Sex education, is extremely important and ideally not be a copy-n-paste of
> western form of sex-education, but take some local cultural sensitivities
> into account. However, in the name of cultural sensitivities, showing 2
> roses come together, serves no purpose. Recently, there was an article
> about Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu, (at least near Chennai)
> prohibiting male/female students from speaking to each other, and if found
> speaking (even in non-romantic manner), would be fined and punished.
>
> There is a fine balance required between awareness, sensitization,
> cultural-context, and best left to experts and professionals, instead of
> babus whose mentality hasn't kept pace with the changing times.
>
>
>> Sajan
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Does India-Gii wish to engage ?? CAN India-Gii engage ?
>>>
>>> On 7/11/13, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > I'd like to remind the list that the honorable minister insisted not
>>> > too long back that every Facebook and Orkut post and youtube video had
>>> > to be reviewed by a FB / Google employee before posting it to the web
>>> > to produce a safer web.
>>> >
>>> > He is a crusader par excellence for the safety of the web; his record
>>> > speaks volumes for how safe he has made the web. Without his earnest
>>> > efforts the web would have been a hive of filth and immorality.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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>
> --
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> Banibrata
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