This morning my inbox greeted me with emails (thank you!) linking to the Yahoo news article “Kids’ Ability To Access iPod Porn Raises Concerns“, where my podcast Open Source Sex is held up as an example of a “dirty download”, “pornography webcast” (only if it’s done right, dear reader). Apparently I’ve been somewhat targeted by a hardcore Christian group called National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, who call themselves a “Cincinnati-based pornography watchdog group”. Of course, their religious beliefs are not mentioned in the article (though they are cited as a source). It only took one click to see that they’re anti-gay, anti-porn, they promote “family” marriage legislation across the nation, and promote abstinence and virginity as sex education for kids/teens. In their own words about online pornography, “Harm is just a click away”.
Funny that the article didn’t mention the parental controls in iTunes, which is where they cite the most ‘danger’.
But I was really most curious about the organization’s spokesdouche Jack Samad who said in the article about “dirty downloads” like my podcast, “‘It’s addictive behavior. The consumption of this stuff will lead you deeper into activities that you normally would not progress to.'” Then the article states that “Porncasts like Open Source Sex walk a very thin line between sex education and pornography.”
Harm was indeed just a click away. Jack Samad’s online resume tells us that his career highlights include “Interactions with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Vice President Quayle, Colin Powell, Norman Schwartzkopf and Bob Dole”. In the ZDnet article “Google stands up to US government porn probe” it seems that Mr. Samad was quoted again as a source — and a DOJ backer — blasting Google for not complying with the US DOJ’s subpoena to surrender private citizens’ search records under the umbrella of COPA.
Hey, I’m just sayin’. If you have kids, use filters and for the love of love, don’t tell them abstinence and god’s virginity are all the sex ed they need — read these great books with them instead.
