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I present to you Fox News, bastion of the obvious. This is a story carried by Fox 9 News in Minneapolis (the original story has mysteriously disappeared from the station's website... hmm... I wonder why...):

PORTABLE PORN
Kids are using a gaming device to access porn out of thin air, even at school

Kids like to keep secrets from adults, there's a kind of power that comes from knowing the adults are clueless.

You know the electronic games, the ones that seem to be in the hands of just about every kid? Those devices do more than play hockey or race cars.

Jeff Harris brought his new portable gaming device to school and then he pulled a stunt that got him grounded for a month, as well as an in-school suspension.

What mom thought was just a game is actually a very sophisticated piece of electronics that a clever kid can use to capture pornographic images out of thin air. In the school's library, Jeff was eager to show his friends his new Sony Play Station Portable, or PSP. On a dare, Jeff showed his pals how the PSP could magically display images of naked women.

Jeff had used his PSP to tap into the school's wireless internet connection. And once he was on the net it was just a few seconds before he ended up on a pornographic web site. He says he learned how to do it from other kids who use their PSP's do the same thing at school.

There are lots of places besides a school, where a kid can go to get free wireless access to the internet. Jeff showed us, and his mom, how his PSP was able to hook up to a wireless connection outside a public library. once connected he could surf to his hearts content.

Some parents might be clueless, but lots of other adults are finding ways to cash in on the technology. We found numerous web sites that cater specifically to the PSP.

The FOX 9 Investigators tracked down the owners of one of these sites. Its run by two 19-year old brothers.

Reporter: "Are you trying to target kids with this?"
Website Operator: "Not at all, because its really hard to get money, or advertising if you have only kids coming to your site."

His target audience, he says, is the over 30 crowd that owns PSP's.

Reporter: "How do you know you don't have some kid who's 10, 12, 14 years old going on to your website?"
Website Operator: "We really don't know their ages, or their gender."

There's no doubting the popularity of loading porn onto a PSP. Its even been nicknamed the play station "pornable". The owners of this one site claim they get 90 thousand visitors a month.

David Walsh/National Institute on Media and the Family: "I talk to parents everyday who are discovering that some of their teenagers are not just curious about messing around with porn, but are deeply into pornography."

Last month a 14-year old boy in Bismarck, North Dakota got caught bringing porn into school on his PSP. The local authorities decided to make an example of the boy and charged him with a felony.

David Walsh/National Institute on Media and the Family: "This is at the time when we want our kids to be developing healthy attitudes toward sex, healthy attitudes towards relationships."

Dr. David Walsh is president of the National Institute on Media and the Family. He says parent's need to get "hip" about the technology their kids are using.

David Walsh/National Institute on Media and the Family: "We need to know how it works. We need to know the capability. We need to be clear with our kids ahead of time about what the ground rules are."

At Jeff school, they're rethinking the policy that allows students to bring portable games for use outside of class time.

Jana Hennen-Burr/Elk River Schools: "We need to put some structures in place to keep things honest."

For starters, they want to make the school's wireless internet connection a lot more secure.

Sony, the maker of the PSP, told us that parents should be responsible for monitoring the content their children are viewing. But David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family, says game makers have a responsibility too. They should let parents know that their product could give a kid easy access to pornography.
Wow. Just wow. Fox News sucks. They're acting like it's Sony's fault, when this kind of thing can be done on any device that can connect to the internet, including cell phones and computers. Not to mention magazines.

Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) (as usual) came back with this stinging and hilarious rebuttal:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060602.jpg

PORN? ON TEH INTRAWEBS?!?

I, for one, am shocked.


P.S. Also, PA is God-like.

Man. I wish I had Playstation Pornoble. And my school had a wireless internet. I could just go to the movies...

Wha?? You mean I don't have to go to the shop anymore?? I can get porn on the internet??

PORN? ON TEH INTRAWEBS?!?

I, for one, am shocked.
QUICK GET OUT THE ULTRA-CHRISTIAN RAY-GUN!!!111111!!!!!!1onezomgelentyone!!!1111

Ok theres a big difference between the Fox News Channel and the TV Station Fox. This is a story on the local fox station and NOT FNC.

Do try to keep them straight.

Oh and this doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, I'm surprised it wasn't already out.

Not only can you find naughty pictures (omg) on the 'Internet', but you can find 'questionable' political opinions and 'tasteless' comics! And reviews of games that may or may not include scenes of violence which hypnotise children into beating each other with pointy sticks! Not to mention the various chat programs which let paedophiles poach small innocent children right from under their parents watchful gaze. Well, from under the gaze of their parents when their parents aren't in a completely different room with no idea what their children are doing.

I for one think this 'Internet' should be banned. Or at least censored to the point that lazy parents no longer need to actually WATCH their children, but can spend that valuable time letting them play in traffic unattended.

Also: The game companies have no responsibility to ensure parents actually know what they're buying, any more than a company that makes toast should be required to go directly out of their way to tell consumers that a toaster is hot while in use. This is what personal responsibility is for.

Last month a 14-year old boy in Bismarck, North Dakota got caught bringing porn into school on his PSP. The local authorities decided to make an example of the boy and charged him with a felony.
A felony? What was it, conspiracy to possess naked ladies?

A felony? What was it, conspiracy to possess naked ladies?

Minors are not allowed to possess porn (felony #1). It is a felony to show porn to minors (even if you are one, felony #2). Pick a felony, any felony... :cool:

adults are so clueless

havent any of these guys been on the internet?

Damn that horrible company Sony for not leading consumers by the hand to prevent them from accessing pornography. God forbid the parents have anything to do with monitoring the content their kids access on Internet capable devices...let's blame the companies and make everyone who is responsible pay more because dipshits are too lazy to keep an eye on their kids!

Forcing game companies to tell people that they can access porn on their PSPs is the equivalent of a warning label telling people not to masturbate with a vacuum cleaner...

Damn that horrible company Sony for not leading consumers by the hand to prevent them from accessing pornography. God forbid the parents have anything to do with monitoring the content their kids access on Internet capable devices...let's blame the companies and make everyone who is responsible pay more because dipshits are too lazy to keep an eye on their kids!

Forcing game companies to tell people that they can access porn on their PSPs is the equivalent of a warning label telling people not to masturbate with a vacuum cleaner...
People are becoming less and less responsible by the day. As if they need to be literally told what to do. Quite sad.

adults are so clueless

havent any of these guys been on the internet?


I think it's more a delusional "my little angel wouldn't look up porn, oh no. He'd never do anything like that. Not without some evil outside force making him do it <cue to blaming of everyone but self>"

Meanwhile, due to being totally coddled his whole life, their 'little angel' is either incredibly sexually repressed and full of self-loathing trying to deal with his parents values and his perfectly healthy sex drive OR he's out impregnating the local female equivilents of himself.

People are just clueless in general, when you get right down to it.

People are becoming less and less responsible by the day. As if they need to be literally told what to do. Quite sad.

Frighteningly, these are the same people who operate vehicles and vote...it's not an encouraging trend. Even worse, people are turning to government to lead them by the hand which is a disaster for personal freedom...

Frighteningly, these are the same people who operate vehicles and vote...it's not an encouraging trend. Even worse, people are turning to government to lead them by the hand which is a disaster for personal freedom...

Actually, most of 'em don't vote.

Frighteningly, these are the same people who operate vehicles and vote...it's not an encouraging trend. Even worse, people are turning to government to lead them by the hand which is a disaster for personal freedom...

Countries most likely to have the next Hitler come to power:
#1 USA
:rolleyes: Yes, not an encouraging trend at all.

Frighteningly, these are the same people who operate vehicles and vote...it's not an encouraging trend. Even worse, people are turning to government to lead them by the hand which is a disaster for personal freedom...
Maybe all the sheep should have a country of their own, where everything is done for them...and free thought is a crime. The intelligent people can live elsewhere.

Countries most likely to have the next Hitler come to power:
#1 USA
:rolleyes: Yes, not an encouraging trend at all.
Unless you're one of those Hitler fans. :p

Countries most likely to have the next Hitler come to power:
#1 USA
:rolleyes: Yes, not an encouraging trend at all.

Um yea. I'd expect it somewhere else and not here.

Maybe all the sheep should have a country of their own, where everything is done for them...and free thought is a crime. The intelligent people can live elsewhere.

:D The intelligent people can use them as slaves. Works so much better. ;)

:D The intelligent people can use them as slaves. Works so much better. ;)
Yes. We'd be doing them a favour, since they want to be shepherded. :)

Maybe all the sheep should have a country of their own, where everything is done for them...and free thought is a crime. The intelligent people can live elsewhere.

The sheep already have a country all to themselves. Dunno about you lot, but us Aussies call it 'New Zealand'.

Um yea. I'd expect it somewhere else and not here.

That one's personal opinion, not a real statistic that some nerd-hermit managed to come up with, so go ahead and disagree.

:D The intelligent people can use them as slaves. Works so much better. ;)

intelligent people would know that using people as slaves only leads to revolts

Yes. We'd be doing them a favour, since they want to be shepherded. :)

Exactly! Now we just have to word it nicely so that they don't go "slavery? oh no, I've been told that's a bad thing" and instead go "no decisions? sign me up!"

Very interesting...but stoopid!

Exactly! Now we just have to word it nicely so that they don't go "slavery? oh no, I've been told that's a bad thing" and instead go "no decisions? sign me up!"
We'll call it love labour. ^^

Speaking of idiots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQQM5cR5j4&search=butt%20fire

intelligent people would know that using people as slaves only leads to revolts

Oh, don't bother me with details... :D

Seriously, dude, it's a joke. Of course I know that. I morally oppose actually doing that. It's just a fun joke for this thread, since this thread is currently useful for nothing more than laughing.

Oh, don't bother me with details... :D

Seriously, dude, it's a joke. Of course I know that. I morally oppose actually doing that. It's just a fun joke for this thread, since this thread is currently useful for nothing more than laughing.
It's a joke? :eek:

And yes, details are for them unintelligent folk...

It's a joke? :eek:

And yes, details are for them unintelligent folk...

No, no, not at all. It's all just a part of my plan for omniverse domination. You can have one of the planets in this universe, except not Earth, I've already promised that one to someone else. ;)

Oh, of course. We should never be bothered with details...

No, no, not at all. It's all just a part of my plan for omniverse domination. You can have one of the planets in this universe, except not Earth, I've already promised that one to someone else. ;)

Oh, of course. We should never be bothered with details...
Dibs on Venus and Mars...and those floating pieces of ice in the far ends of the universe. They can all be terraformed. <.<

I think it's more a delusional "my little angel wouldn't look up porn, oh no. He'd never do anything like that. Not without some evil outside force making him do it <cue to blaming of everyone but self>"

Meanwhile, due to being totally coddled his whole life, their 'little angel' is either incredibly sexually repressed and full of self-loathing trying to deal with his parents values and his perfectly healthy sex drive OR he's out impregnating the local female equivilents of himself.

People are just clueless in general, when you get right down to it.
yup. thats it in a nutshell

it reminds me of a poll that was done back when i was living in wisconsin in the early '90s. they polled parents and asked them if they thought i was LIKELY that their kids were involved in underaged drinking.

now we all know that thats a fairly substantial percentage of kids.

the poll found ZERO mothers who thought it was likely that their kids drank.

delusional.

Dibs on Venus and Mars...and those floating pieces of ice in the far ends of the universe. They can all be terraformed. <.<

Oh good. I was debating whether to offer you Venus or Mars, but couldn't decide which you'd prefer. Glad I've got a good idea of what you want. The ice too? Ah, ice is loveable. Venus, Mars, and ice it is.

Oh good. I was debating whether to offer you Venus or Mars, but couldn't decide which you'd prefer. Glad I've got a good idea of what you want. The ice too? Ah, ice is loveable. Venus, Mars, and ice it is.
Can't have one without the other. ;)

I have to paraphrase Penny-Arcade here. No one would give a fuck if it didn't involve a game station.
Out of thin air? What the fuck is out of thin air?
Crazy anti-porn person: "The internet is magic."

I've said it... well I've lost count of how many times I've tried to make this basic point - people need to SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT PORN, until they provide the world with ACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT PORN IS HARMFUL TO ANYONE. (this includes under-18 teenagers)

Gives a new meaning to the term 'handheld gaming'. :D

Gives a new meaning to the term 'handheld gaming'. :D

The genitals were the original Playstation Portable...

The genitals were the original Playstation Portable...

I like the 1st person shooter games. :)

I like the 1st person shooter games. :)

Me too, but I always found LAN parties to be a little awkward. I don't mind platformers, either...there's nothing quite like Crashing your Bandicoot.

Um yea. I'd expect it somewhere else and not here.

That's what they all say. "Oh, it could never happen here. We're too smart for that."

And then BAM! The bus pancakes them.

That's what they all say. "Oh, it could never happen here. We're too smart for that."

And then BAM! The bus pancakes them.

hehe. True true but still...

We only had one quasi-dictator in American History and that was back in the 1860s.

Yes. We'd be doing them a favour, since they want to be shepherded. :)

You're too late. The likes of Pat Robertson have already been on the game for quite some time.

I present to you Fox News, bastion of the obvious. This is a story carried by Fox 9 News in Minneapolis (the original story has mysteriously disappeared from the station's website... hmm... I wonder why...):


Wow. Just wow. Fox News sucks. They're acting like it's Sony's fault, when this kind of thing can be done on any device that can connect to the internet, including cell phones and computers. Not to mention magazines.

Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) (as usual) came back with this stinging and hilarious rebuttal:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060602.jpg

That channel sucks. That homo reporter they have always turns nothing into something.

hehe. True true but still...

We only had one quasi-dictator in American History and that was back in the 1860s.

Oh, America is getting there, never you fear. Strip freedoms in the name of security. Say it's for their own good. Molly coddle them. And then they'll give you their rights by the bucketload.

Oh, America is getting there, never you fear. Strip freedoms in the name of security. Say it's for their own good. Molly coddle them. And then they'll give you their rights by the bucketload.

Just continue to believe the conspiracies.

better than not beleiving and being taken by surprise when they become true

Must find that kid and get him to tell me how to do that. And I need a PSP...

I think it's more a delusional "my little angel wouldn't look up porn, oh no. He'd never do anything like that. Not without some evil outside force making him do it <cue to blaming of everyone but self>"

People are just clueless in general, when you get right down to it.

Heh, my dad's the same way. I'm 18, and he actually believes that I don't look at porn or anything of the sort while he's not watching me.

And he kept "magazines" in the bathroom cabinet. Not once did he even so much as think I looked at them. I mean fuck, they were right there when you opened the door! He'd remind me once a week, "You better not look at those magazines I have hidden..." --- my response would be feigned ignorance: "Huh?".

Class, really, because he's one of those dads who likes to "lay down the law", so to speak. If he found out about me looking at those magazines, I don't know what could've happened (he's kicked me in the back for lesser things).

Ah, Texas. The state of child-beating psychopaths.

Minors are not allowed to possess porn (felony #1). It is a felony to show porn to minors (even if you are one, felony #2). Pick a felony, any felony... :cool:

JFC. A FELONY??? FFS.

Its SEX! It's something EVERYBODY DOES, like pooping and eating and sleeping and last time I checked, THESE WERE NOT FELONIES. Fucking rightwingers...

JFC. A FELONY??? FFS.

Its SEX! It's something EVERYBODY DOES, like pooping and eating and sleeping and last time I checked, THESE WERE NOT FELONIES. Fucking rightwingers...

Eh, that's how it is here in the states.

The sooner all of our politicians are dead, the better.

Eh, that's how it is here in the states.

The sooner all of our politicians are dead, the better.

There will always be a ruling class, and that class will always consist of the pettiest, greediest, and least ethical people in society. If this lot were to dissapear, we'd just end up with the less intelligent versions of them. At least there is the occasional brain mixed in with the super-heaed sludge clogging government. So be careful what you wish for.

There will always be a ruling class, and that class will always consist of the pettiest, greediest, and least ethical people in society. If this lot were to dissapear, we'd just end up with the less intelligent versions of them. At least there is the occasional brain mixed in with the super-heaed sludge clogging government.

Sad, isn't it? So long as the apes (and by apes, I mean significantly less intelligent people) have voting power, no progress will be made.

What have we got? Children being thrown in prison for accidentally injuring other children. That alone speaks volumes about our society.

Eh, that's how it is here in the states.

The sooner all of our politicians are dead, the better.

Maybe if we put bleach in their Mountain Dew....

Maybe if we put bleach in their Mountain Dew....

As nice as that sounds, it wouldn't be that funny.

Ex-Lax in their drinks would be a hell of a lot more memorable. Super concentrated Ex-Lax.

Sad, isn't it? So long as the apes (and by apes, I mean significantly less intelligent people) have voting power, no progress will be made.

What have we got? Children being thrown in prison for accidentally injuring other children. That alone speaks volumes about our society.

Meh. Show me any system in which the opportunistic, ethicless, and greedy do not rise to the top (Red Tide does that too), and I will show you a utopian phillosophy firmly rooted in fantasy.

Pathetic, yes, but I'm too cynical to care any more. In the long run, all you can do is bash the apes over the head (metaphorically speaking), and let them burn themselves in their own fires.

Ironically, even with the War on Bullying (another fun noun) that was launched in the 90's, we're probably still more likely to punish the kid who brings porn to school than we are to punish the kid who beats the tar out of another kid. THAT is pathetic, because of the two, the second one does demonstrable harm, and happens much more often.

Meh. Show me any system in which the opportunistic, ethicless, and greedy do not rise to the top (Red Tide does that too), and I will show you a utopian phillosophy firmly rooted in fantasy.

Pathetic, yes, but I'm too cynical to care any more. In the long run, all you can do is bash the apes over the head (metaphorically speaking), and let them burn themselves in their own fires.

Ironically, even with the War on Bullying (another fun noun) that was launched in the 90's, we're probably still more likely to punish the kid who brings porn to school than we are to punish the kid who beats the tar out of another kid. THAT is pathetic, because of the two, the second one does demonstrable harm, and happens much more often.

Yeah, but the real problem lies in the political system itself. The people we have in power have their dicks up inside themselves, "afraid" to make any real social advancements for "fear" of the "people" (I honestly don't think of hill country dipshits as true people) "retaliating" (ooh, screaming and protesting!).

Yeah, but the real problem lies in the political system itself. The people we have in power have their dicks up inside themselves, "afraid" to make any real social advancements for "fear" of the "people" (I honestly don't think of hill country dipshits as true people) "retaliating" (ooh, screaming and protesting!).

Emphasis is mine: :eek: (I almost Godwinned myself here, but decided to save that for the right)

That's some pretty heady stuff you're throwing around there, Pot. The political system is a reality. It exists in Communism, Democracy, Anarchy, Minarchy, Oligarchy, and Monarchy. The vicious and immoral (don't mistake our political and economic leaders as being anything short of very, very clever, very devious people on serious power trips. These are not buffoons or spineless cowards, these are the power-hungry. A very few amongst them are either brilliant good-guys, or mislead crusaders, but most of them are your quitescential evil (or at least Lawful Neutral) masterminds) will win out because they are so adaptable, bright, and willing to do harm.

Emphasis is mine: :eek: (I almost Godwinned myself here, but decided to save that for the right)

That's some pretty heady stuff you're throwing around there, Pot. The political system is a reality. It exists in Communism, Democracy, Anarchy, Minarchy, Oligarchy, and Monarchy. The vicious and immoral (don't mistake our political and economic leaders as being anything short of very, very clever, very devious people on serious power trips. These are not buffoons or spineless cowards, these are the power-hungry. A very few amongst them are either brilliant good-guys, or mislead crusaders, but most of them are your quitescential evil (or at least Lawful Neutral) masterminds) will win out because they are so adaptable, bright, and willing to do harm.

Yeah, but I'm tired, and I'm just having some fun. :p

Yeah, but I'm tired, and I'm just having some fun. :p

*wipes brow*

Phew... This way I get all the rednecks to myself. Is it fully appropriate to lock them in giant concert halls and force them to listen to country music for the rest of their lives, do you think? :p

I can't wait to see what Faux does with the Wii...

*wipes brow*

Phew... This way I get all the rednecks to myself. Is it fully appropriate to lock them in giant concert halls and force them to listen to country music for the rest of their lives, do you think? :p

I can't wait to see what Faux does with the Wii...

LOL! That's the best idea ever!

Minors are not allowed to possess porn (felony #1). It is a felony to show porn to minors (even if you are one, felony #2). Pick a felony, any felony... :cool:
Laws like that make me lose faith in humanity. I wish America died. It deserves to die.

Just continue to believe the conspiracies.

Of course, the "tinfoil hat" argument. You know what Stalin called the people who ended up in gulags? Wreckers, spys and traitors to the Soviet Union. Were they really? Probably not in all cases. I could see that happening in the US too.

You're really sounding a lot like that statement now Corny. "Oh, it will never happen here, we're too smart for that."

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. And that applies to elements within the country that would try to take it away from you. By your own laws if possible.

I present to you Fox News, bastion of the obvious. This is a story carried by Fox 9 News in Minneapolis (the original story has mysteriously disappeared from the station's website... hmm... I wonder why...):


Wow. Just wow. Fox News sucks. They're acting like it's Sony's fault, when this kind of thing can be done on any device that can connect to the internet, including cell phones and computers. Not to mention magazines.

Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) (as usual) came back with this stinging and hilarious rebuttal:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060602.jpg


Wowow - playstation is so EBIL.

Cool, err, time get a PSP for educational reasons, err, yeah.

Minors are not allowed to possess porn (felony #1). It is a felony to show porn to minors (even if you are one, felony #2). Pick a felony, any felony... :cool:

Good grief! Why don't they just make being a teenager a felony and turn all the highschools into prison compounds? No, wait, they're already working on that.

Minors are not allowed to possess porn (felony #1).
:eek: Here it's just illegal to sell porn to minors, not for the minors to possess it...

And seriously, they're overreacting. Kinda like that Mom's Against Maddox (MAM) that was active some time ago...

:eek: Here it's just illegal to sell porn to minors, not for the minors to possess it...

And seriously, they're overreacting. Kinda like that Mom's Against Maddox (MAM) that was active some time ago...

So junior can borrow his Dad's DVDs then?

So junior can borrow his Dad's DVDs then?
I suppose, but that would be kinda gross IMO. I prefer not to know what my parents watch... Though occassionally I haven't had much of a choice :(

And also, if junior somehow for some reason would get caught, it would be near impossible to prove that he did it on his own, no?

Is air even really that thin? And if so, what's thick air?

people i know have used PDA'S to do that for ages

Wheeee! Just now, on this very site, I saw a banner ad for the PSP, featuring an alluring young woman, reaching beckoningly towards the viewer, and with a bare shoulder visible, leaving her state of dress entirely to one's imagination! Big difference between being able to use a device to do something for which it was not intended, and marketing it that way!

edit: just saw the ad again and it's for PS3, but shtill . . .