It was extremely easy to find another blog about pornography that was not involved in this class. I simply typed “porn blog” into Google and automatically many results appeared. I just picked the first one I saw, which is a blog totally devoted to pornography dealing with bizarre links, collections of porn, and random idiocy. Many of the blogs are very short and only have a few sentences either commenting on a picture of a porn star or stating that there are some new videos that are out with the links attached to the blogs. There are also blogs about Hollywood gossip. The most recent blog states that Tom Cruise wants to eat the placenta of his child when s/he is born. Whether this is true or not it gives appeal to the blog as well as tells how serious the blogger is or what type of personality he has.
The one short blog that grabbed my attention was the titled, DoJ didnt just subpeona Google. I feel it relates to the topic of this weeks lecture dealing with protecting children on the internet. The blog discusses that the Department of Justice subpoenaed Google as well as many other companies to receive information of what people and users were searching for. Other companies that were searched were Earthlink, Time Warner, Bell South, and Verizon. This is about all the blog says. The blogger goes into a fake letter that George Orwell wrote stating how this is a big mistake and that it is a sad day in our history. Basically the blogger’s feelings on this governmental action is that anyone who has searched these sites can now be traced by the government and could be in violation of the Child Online Protection Act. I really do not believe that anyone would be in violation if one was simply searching for porn. What would be an obvious violation would be if someone was searching for child pornography. Whether the government is invading our privacy or not child pornography is illegal and violations should be administered regardless. So basically, unless you have looked up child porn there is no reason to worry about the Department of Justice being able to view what you search on the net. Although you may think that what you search is embarrassing it really does not matter. The government does not personally know who you are nor are they going to laugh and make fun of you because you searched porn. These precautions are more likely to target sexual predators as well as consumers, producers, and distributors of child pornography.
After scrolling through much of this blog I see the blogger simply is an avid fan or pornography. He has many blogs devoted to some porn actor named Carly Moore. There are nude pictures of her as well as a blog devoted solely to Moore’s lesbian layout. This blogger has everything good to say about pornography and nothing bad to say. He thinks porn does not cause physical abuse nor does he feel that Scarlet Johanson should be the sexiest woman of 2006. This man is all about the T & A. This blog is very enlightening in the eyes of pornography as well as being very comical, optimistic, and playful. What I feel it lacks is depth and intelligence. Granted not all blogs were meant for educational purposes or to express your feelings and life situations, but this blog has nothing in it except naked women and comments on how pornography is the best thing ever created in history.
This blog is also part of WordPress, which I find ironic for most of our blogs are on this system. I really cannot not see an entire blog dedicated to the discussion of pornography and either the pros or cons of it. Unless pornography is part of your life such as being a porn star or has negatively affected you and you want to make others aware of the risks there is not much one can say. One would have to be educated as we are in this class about the history, laws, and actions of pornography to really have a blog that says anything stimulating or mentionable. Most blogs about porn are created by those who love porn and want to share their fantasies and favorite actors and videos with other porn watchers. I feel it is a healthy way to share this hobby without forcing it upon someone.
