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| Basically, the internet is often heavily criticised for its influence on young people and the decrease in morality in society in general. Obviously the internet has tremendous advantages and has made all of our lives a hell of a lot easier than they would have been before, but do you believe the internet has had a negative influence on society in any way? |
In a sense it has had a negative influence. To the point where people get addicted and it's all they do is spend their lives online. Social skills are dropping because people can more easily talk to someone online that they don't know in real life and can do it better than communicating face to face. There are positives as we do get our news faster, and any information we seek. This could go back and forth either way.
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| What is your moral stance on pornography and how it is readily available for anybody online? I once heard that something ridiculous like 30% of internet traffic is porn. I know its not exactly a reliable number, but we all know there's a hell of a lot out there, and thats not the only thing. When there is no real censorship and people can post what the hell they like, that can potentially cause problems, whether it be porn, violence, gore or other potentially damaging things. |
Porn has been around for centuries but it's just right at our fingertips now. There is more censorship now then there was say 10 years ago and that is a good thing. I won't rehash what neXus said, but that's basically the statement I would have given.
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| Then there is the question of downloading and the negative impact the internet has had on the music industy among other industries. |
Music industry isn't hurting that much. They are still getting paid. I think it goes down to quality of music that artists put out and that's why record sales are declining. It's really no different from 15-20 years ago when I would buy a tape and make a copy for all my friends, again it's just a convenience thing here now with the internet and we get it a lot of music online before it even comes out in stores. Whose fault is that? I blame that on the artists and the people they hire.