Punished Thought

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Once upon a time, long ago in 2018 in the land of Uganda, the president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, actually attempted to ²ban oral sex. His premise was that the mouth was "only for eating." Well, that's actually true. You can eat out, eat well, and eat every day. In a pretty roundabout way, one could infer that this clueless tyrant was actually right!

The same country was in the process of directing ISPs to block pornographic websites, notwithstanding the onerous and draconian nature of the enforcement of that law. Virtual private network services coupled with other "anti-snoop" software like the tor browser would make such policing untenable, unless one were to install monitoring software on each and every end-user's device (which actually failed in China after such an attempt was made). 

These laws, if they can thus be christened, are driven by the narrow moral scope of religious leaders. Religion, mainly Christianity and Islam, plays an intrusive role even in "secular" African countries where leaders seek to ban porn and "suggestive" music and film using prevention of child abuse as a pretext. There are Kenyan politicians who are now trying to ban pornography outright.

No word as to whether they're trying to create a law following Uganda's example. Meanwhile, there's a child rape pandemic along with the covid19 pandemic, and there has been little effort in that regard.³

Let us be clear, child abuse is the lowest and most horrific of crimes, and which should, and must be ruthlessly punished. Many who seek out porn access mainstream websites, and seek out explicitly adult websites on open networks. These are not the monsters we should be seeking. It is those who film and distribute the very worst material through encrypted channels that we should most worry about.

However, African governments are notorious for taking the proverbial sledgehammer to a mosquito bite. They will seek to regulate morality while, at the same time, not enforcing existing laws on corruption. Corruption in every form is a fatal flaw in the effective enforcement of existing law.

Moving to Brazil, a country where the church is king, and cathocism has shaped the laws of the land: this country has extremely restrictive abortion laws. Like the republic of Ireland in the past, abortion in most, if not all forms, is punishable with a custodial sentence. ¹In 2018, a 10 year old was authorized by a judge to have an abortion after years of rape by a family member. 

An anti-abortion managed to obtain and publish her name in defiance of child protection laws. Others, adults no less, harrassed this child as she arrived at the hospital to undergo the procedure. To them, it is better for a child to give birth to a child without concern for both children's future welfare. This is how the enforcement of morality works; it is beyond stupid.

Laws that regulate morality are as well intentioned as premeditated homicide. It all seems planned go eradicate a problem on the onset, but ends up creating more grief and chaos than was intended. Laws are meant to assure justice, not emotional or religious retribution.

Consume your porn wisely and legally.







¹https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/20/10-year-old-girls-ordeal-have-legal-abortion-brazil


²https://www.mensxp.com/technology/news/46567-an-african-country-is-trying-to-ban-porn-and-it-s-hilarious.html

³https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/24/sex-for-sanitary-pads-how-kenyas-lockdown-led-to-a-rise-in-teenage-pregnancy

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