Sex Offenders Younger, More Violent

I refer to the article at http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/09/young.offenders.ap/index.html

It seems that there are more and more juvenile sex offenders. One psychologist describes it as an epidemic.

Psychologists blame it on "a society rife with sexuality and violence".

Now that sexual assaults by youngsters, even those still at kindergarten, are being reported, something I never heard of 10 or 20 years ago, I think we should ask if the psychologists who blame it on a society rife with sexuality and violence are correct.

Children tend to copy what they see, and what kids are seeing today is not good.

Christians should be getting involved in the media, so we can present an alternative. I myself certainly am, through both television and internet.

We are so keen on protecting the right to pornographers of so called "freedom of speech" that we are destroying the respect of others that is foundational to any workable society.

Any move to regulate pornography on the internet, or to move it into some kind of corner like .xxx is fiercely resisted by these people and the people under their influence. Pornographers know that if they can hook children on their products while they are pre-adolescent they will most likely have them as customers for life.

The love of money therefore is behind this.

Since the mere sight of pornography can stir up a man sexually, I would liken it to a kind of sexual assault on our senses. Even if it doesn't involve a physical touch, it does stir up emotions and chemicals in most males. Of course, it would not do that once you are so accustomed to seeing such things that only really bizarre, twisted or violent expressions of pornography do it for you.

It would be good to see a movement against the easy

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