greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 25^th, 2017 at 10:16pm:


See Aussie's highlight Greg, it says pre/teens which means preteens and teens.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 25^th, 2017 at 10:21pm:


I would say it doesn't not target them either, but doesn't say so because of the ramifications. Like I said, what a difference a day makes, there's only a day between 12 and 13. Only a pedant would make the distinction.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 25^th, 2017 at 10:28pm:


I don't even think I can help you Greg!

Setanta wrote on Jul 25^th, 2017 at 10:26pm:


In a past life I could have got hold of the material the ad sales people use which shows audience reach and demographics. They know the age range of readers and they'd know inappropriately young readers would see that article but simply not care.

Do you people honestly think 12 year olds are not talking about this stuff in the schoolyard?

And learning wrong?

My 11 year old son recently collapsed into paroxysms of giggles because the clock said 6.09. I asked him why ... he said "69, geddit?".

I asked him where he had heard that and if he knew what it meant, really. He told me his best friend told him ... and he did know.

I'm not in the least bit concerned about young kids reading about sex. We used to read the Dolly Doctor when we were young and fall about laughing reading it.

Let's call a spade a spade. This isn't about sex per se; it's about anal sex. Some of you just think it's icky.

I remember at 18 years of age being completely mesmerised by the new experience of the internet. I think my personality changed considerably within 2 months. My first few months were of looking up anything and everything that could be considered rebellious or illegal. Pornography. White Nationalism. Black Nationalism. Violent images. I was amazed at how grim the world could be. It was both refreshing to see how uncensored things could be. Someone could anonymously post what they thought about someone or something, and their honesty could inflict nightmares.

Of course, over the years, I learned to deal with the content of the internet. And we had filters put in place to shield us from disturbing content. But it is concerning to think how this might affect our teens and pre-teens who are tech savvy about accessing the internet. Before 1997, I would have to say I must have forgotten how naive and innocent I would have been. Not knowing how corrupt and violent the world could be. The changes of psyche I had in adulthood. How would a child or teen be able to cope with the content on the internet today? How would their perspectives change?