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Porn Addiction Flooding Culture, Church

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:25:31 GMT

clipped by: joaaron2468

Porn Addiction Flooding Culture, Church

In a culture where sexuality and porn is now a part of everyday life, porn addiction in the church is escalating, according to a new survey.

In a poll of 1,000 respondents, 50 percent of Christian men and 20 percent of Christian women were found to be addicted to pornography. Conducted by ChristaNet.com, a popular Christian marketplace website, the poll asked visitors about their personal sexual conduct.

"There have been dynamic paradigm shifts in the behavior of Christians over the last four years," said Clay Jones, founder and president of Second Glance Ministries, which partnered with ChristiaNet.com to evaluate poll responses.

Many point to the Internet for the pervasive problem of sexual addiction.

"Technology (the Internet) has allowed pornography to flood the market place beyond a controllable level," said Jones.

For the first time in history, the American culture has point-and-click pornography; porn stars have MySpace pages

Tags: religion, politics, news, internet, entertainment

End of monopoly could mean better internet access for African universities

Tue, 29 May 2007 09:10:02 GMT

clipped by: cobismith

Clip Source: www.scidev.net

The SAT-3 submarine communications cable — which runs from Europe down Africa's west coast — is currently monopolised by a consortium of state-owned and private telecommunications providers in different countries, and pricing structures have been the subject of criticism.

That monopoly ends in June, which could open up internet access for west African nations.

"In our universities you've got 18,000 students and 1,000 teachers using the same amount of bandwidth as an American household," said Sawyerr at a conference on African development at the UK-based Open University last week (16–17 May).

"The more people that use it, the slower it works. And because of the monopoly pricing in Africa, that university will pay 50 times more per unit than the American household."

"The monopolies run out in June and it is very important that before our governments renew their licenses we persuade them that these companies could give away a portion of their lines at a discounted rate to us," Sawyerr said.

Tags: internet, africa, networks, development, communications, monopolies, connectivity, education, satellite, cable

Internet Terrorism Judge, "What's a Website?"

Fri, 18 May 2007 00:03:29 GMT

clipped by: BobbyRutan
clipper's remarks: Reminds me of when they gave the Texas State Legislature laptops but hardly any of them could use them.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

"Web site" baffles Internet terrorism trial judge

A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like "Web site" in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet.

The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a Web site is," he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.

Prosecutor Mark Ellison briefly set aside his questioning to explain the terms "Web site" and "forum." An exchange followed in which the 59-year-old judge acknowledged: "I haven't quite grasped the concepts.

Concluding Wednesday's session and looking ahead to testimony Thursday by a computer expert, the judge told Ellison: "Will you ask him to keep it simple, we've got to start from basics."

Tags: internet, law, trial, al qaeda, bush, conservative, democrat, terrorism, politics, republican