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I refer to your front-page report “No more porn” (NST,
April 20) and support the idea of blocking all pornography websites from being
viewed within the country.
While we struggle to make our children computer-literate
and encourage them to venture into the borderless world of the Internet to gain
useful information for their academic purposes, we may not foresee the negative
effects caused by peer influence as well as excessive use of the Internet.
The situation will get worse when visiting porn sites
becomes an addiction and an obsession among children.
In school, children will share their experiences watching
and perhaps, downloading indecent clips. Some may even promote and encourage friends to take up this new "hobby", which they find exciting and enjoyable. No child will say “no” to fun activities.
A worse consequence of schoolchildren spending time
visiting pornography websites is the possibility of them getting involved in sexual crimes, leading to social problems. The number of teenagers being arrested for various
offences, including rape, sexual harassment and sexual abuse, will be on the rise. Moral decay will lead to grave repercussions affecting their individual
selves, families and society.
It
is hard to handle rebellious, emotional and egoistic teenagers who perceive the
advice, warnings and reminders by the elderly as an expression of anger and overprotection. Thus, it is hoped that the cyber authorities will
help curb the problem by blocking frequently visited websites with inappropriate
content before the situation gets out of control.
Not
only children and teenagers, adults will also be prevented from visiting websites which promote indecency and obscenity.
Together,
let us fight pornography as it destroys the family institution, the nation and
the entire generation.
Courtesy of New Straits Times
1 May 2015
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