Saturday, April 22, 2006

News of the Duh

Clinical Web Site May Be Target of Porn Seekers

Seems the operators of a website including a searchable archive of dermatology images have noticed a disproportionate number of inquiries to their database are for genitals, leading them to think that maybe some people who are not clinical dermatologists are using their site for purposes other than clinical dermatology.

Next thing you know, they will be questioning whether the well-worn issues of National Geographic really indicate that their children are curious about the Serengetti.

This is exactly why filtering the internet will never work. Certain segments of society will always want to see nether regions, and they will take it any way they can get it. If all the erotical is sequestered or extracted, people turn to the material intended to be asexual. Frankly, I am more comfortable around people who are turned on by images that are designed to be sexy than those who use clinical dermatology as porn. I am much more confident that the former group knows when a situation is not sexual, even if it may involve some exposed epidermis.

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