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| Fri, 02-10-2006 - 1:29pm |
I just found out about a website and thought you moms might need a heads up. Unfortunately, one of my husband's "buddies" told him to go check out something on this site, so that's how we found out about it. It's a place where homemade movies can be seen. On the homepage it appears to be fairly harmless - music videos, anime stuff, people showing silly home-made skits, local news reports and such. If you look in the MOST VIEWED area - well, that's when you see the porn. In my opinion, it is worse than porn, because these are real people doing things - not just icky actors! There are some labelled students which is basically college kids having sex, very VERY graphic.
What disturbed me the most is that, like I said, there are other types of videos on this site that are NOT bad. As a matter of fact, our local newspaper (neighborhood paper) noted the website just yesterday stating that if you wanted to see more of a local rally a school had, to go to youtube.com!!! So, if my 15 year old daughter would have been interested, she would have gone there and probably looked through all the OTHER videos as well!!
My husband has blocked the site, but I felt like I should pass it along to you all, just in case.
Whitney


OK, I never thought I'd type this on a message board, but I tried to find porn and couldn't. I mean I really tried. I found one of a teen girl stripping - pathetic, mostly. I guess if I kept looking I'd find offensive stuff, but it's no more obvious than when I go to the newstand and see "Playboy" etc next to the news magazines.
As I've said in previous posts, I think it's important to teach our teens how to deal with this stuff, rather than banning it altogether. There is tasteless, offensive, even obscene things everywhere - and sometimes it's mixed right in with the good, interesting, funny stuff that we want to see. If you block every site that could, maybe, possibly contain an offensive bit, you'll be pretty limited.
Sue
Oh, I have to agree with you on that....that is why I haven't blocked my space or xanga. But I found a college age orgy on youtube.com, and that I'm just not ready to explain to my 15 year old, OR my 10 year old. They made it look cool and fun at first, just drinking and kissing and dancing....then when two guys became "intimate" with one girl and the camera was right at her, uhm,lower private part - well, that's just too much for my DD right now. I let them watch MTV, even though I don't agree with it, but this went way to far. It really was porn...I promise.
I agree - I like sites that let you mark them as offensive - this one seems to want to self-regulate like that!
Sue