Internet People

Don't eat the Brown Acid

 

I think it's quite ironic that here we all are posting on this forum and are a very big part of what we are all complaining about, and we are intentionally posting our most private thoughts knowing full well it's all being monitored and stored on a server somewhere LOL.

 

yes, im monitoring it right now ... i probably wouldnt ever post anything if i thought no one else was monitoring it either.

 

Well exactly of course you are and of course I accepted that when I decided to go on this forum, I signed away my freedom not to be monitored. So I thought it relevant to post this in the topic even though it's fairly obvious, just wanted to make the point really for all to see. Sometimes we tend to forget the obvious which is staring us in the face.

 

Well I don't know what you did but I didn't sign away my freedom when I started posting on this forum. Just because other people can read it, and/or because we conform to forum rules? Seems a particular point of view to me.

 

Edward Snowden you know the man, he explained all about what is really goes on. So as soon as I do anything on the web it's automatically stored on a server somewhere. If you know otherwise then I need updating.

 

Maybe our freedom will be restricted IF a thing you or me said that was stored on a server would be used against us. This is an hypothetical if though and as long as it is not happening my freedom is not been signed away. If I did not use the internet at all I would not have more freedom. In fact I feel more free and that I have more opportunities with all the options internet gives me.

 

Yes, but it's hard to connect posts to a specific real life individual identity, without access to powerful hacking capabilities.

I doubt that the government gives a damn about 99.9% of what we post here.

 

That's an interesting point you made there, got me thinking about the sexually explicit posts on here. Would I be right in saying that if you're in the UK like I am, UK law cannot prosecute me for posting sexually explicit content on a forum sex topic?

 

I don't know anything about UK law. I'm in the eastern US.

 

Oh I see well I really need to find the answer to this one, because here in the UK laws regarding the transmission of sexually explicit material on the web are quite different to yours obviously. I think I'm right in saying ( please correct me if I'm wrong ) there are very few if any web sites with a forum in the UK that allows sexual content of the kind that's allowed to be put on here.

 

I'm pretty sure you can post porn if you'd like.
I'm pretty sure you would be banned for it though. I don't think the police are going to come knocking at your door though.

 

are you saying porn is illegal in the UK?

 

Porn in general isn't illegal in the UK for general adult consumption, although child porn and human animal sex is. Webcam sex is another area which the UK government are trying to clamp down on, and because most of those sex webcams are not in the UK the government can't shut them down. The government is committed to protecting children from getting access to all porn on the web. I'm not too sure how it stands in UK law regarding the transmission of porn images over the web though, although anything else is probably alright.
Porn images on the web is another media the government wants to clamp down on, but once again most of those sites are outside the UK so they can't be controlled.
I can understand the government concerns regarding children getting access to this stuff as it's far too easy, the only real way to control access to it would be to block it by default at the ISP which the ISP is reluctant to do of course.
My own personal opinion is that all parents should control how their children access the web, it's far too easy now with most kids having iphones to use them for viewing porn. Having said that of course, it's no secret that most children have seen porn images on the web and that's probably when they are at school as well as at home.
Baseline is the UK government has a far less liberal approach to porn in general than is so in the states

 

Which is where the real magic of the internet lies. Its a strange phenomenon in real life, that the person that no individual may actually like wiĺl still lead the group dynamic...usually the one best at politicking saying a bunch of stuff, still not saying anything

The whiners too, get more attention in real life

So maybe on the web its the ones complaining about trolls that arent trolls that are the ones that are better at bullshitting in real life and dont get as much attention or people faux agreeing with them on the web

And heres where i say something that makes me look like a dick, but is true. You notice how there doesnt seem to be all that many women on the web, as representative of a 53/47 split should suggest anyway...becuase the fake upset to get attention thing doesnt work when its just text

 

Also, the internet helps us see that there are a lot of people out there that are just nutters

Conspiracy theorists, seriously, dafuq?

And barefooters, how is that a thing? Ok, you dont like wearing shoes, big fuckin deal, not interesting enough to post in 20 different threads about it

 

The internet is also blessed with interesting people to, people with all sorts of ideas, creativity and who also enjoy meeting up with strangers and making friends. That is the best part of it really making new friends and being constructive at the same time...

 

this is kinda baffling considering that a lot of British prime time programming would be considered "soft core" porn here in the U.S.
British TV seems to not have many issues regarding nudity and explicit sexual situations on TV and show lots that would never get aired here, but violence is hardly ever seen but rather the suggestion of violence.
Here in America if a show doesn't show brain matter sprayed all over a wall, then it isn't "good tv".

it is fucking baffling I tell ya.

 

I don't watch British TV so can't comment on that, but then it's only soft core which is obviously rather mild in comparison. The web though is obviously a different ball game, as there are those that want it free from censorship and to be perfectly honest I'm all for that.

 

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