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: Violent video games have "a much bigger negative influence on
: kids" than pornography, a leading porn star has claimed. He
: said parents should be more worried about the harmful effects of
: such games.
:
: Ron Jeremy's comments were made at a session called the Great
: Porn Debate during the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, in Las
: Vegas. His comments angered gamers, who accused him of
: "ignorance".
:
: Ron Jeremy's appearance at CES in Las Vegas caused some raised
: eyebrows. He took time away from the Adult Entertainment Expo,
: which takes place in Las Vegas at the same time as the annual
: tech fest, to speak out on behalf of his profession and promote
: some practical tools.
:
: "Studies have found that violent video games are a much
: bigger negative influence on kids," Ron Jeremy said. The
: remark has caused quite a stir in the games world.
:
: "It's rather hypocritical behaviour and it doesn't speak up
: for pornography's merits by merely saying something else is
: worse, don't look at us. Very disappointing behaviour from a man
: who should know better," said Jim Sterling of gaming news
: blog Destructoid.com.
:
: Andy Chalk at video gaming site escapistmagazine.com said Ron
: Jeremy's remarks cannot be completely ignored. "While I do
: think he's (Ron Jeremy) working from a platform of ignorance,
: I'm not quite as certain that the sentiment is entirely
: wrong."
:
: "I wouldn't want my kids (the hypothetical ones, that is)
: playing Modern Warfare 2 or becoming overly familiar with Ron's
: body of work, but is it really reasonable to say that one is
: significantly worse than the other?" asked Mr Chalk.
:
: Ron Jeremy also urged parents to play their part in preventing
: children from accessing adult websites. He said the industry
: already does all it can to protect youngsters.
:
: "Parents can block this stuff and need to stop blaming porn
: for a bad case of parenting," Ron Jeremy told BBC News.
: "Parents should watch what their kids are doing online and
: take some responsibility. Don't blame us. We have disclaimers,
: age notifications and software blockers. We are doing our
: bit," said Ron Jeremy.
:
: That view was backed by a critic of the $10bn (£6.2bn) adult
: entertainment sector.
:
: "Parents are not talking about this with their kids
: enough," said Craig Gross, who is a former pastor and has
: set up a website to help people addicted to pornography.
: "We have to have these conversations because for the most
: part, kids are smarter than their parents when it comes to
: technology. Parents need to do more parenting and be more
: proactive on these issues," added Mr Gross.
:
: Ron Jeremy was busy promoting the practical tools designed to
: prevent children from accessing pornography. "Because we
: make porn, we are the bad guys. We don't want kids to watch porn
: but yes we recognise that it happens. We are not in favour of
: that," said Ron Jeremy who has appeared in over 2000 films.
:
: Now the man voted America's top porn actor by the Adult Video
: Network, has put his weight and influence behind a number of
: software blocking tools. These include InternetSafety.com's Safe
: Eyes family internet management software which will
: automatically block access to online pornographic content.
:
: "We're not just all about restrictions and rules. We want
: the family to talk about being safer online," said Aaron
: Kenny, the chief technology officer for InternetSafety.com.
:
: Coming to the aid of the porn industry is an unlikely figure in
: the shape of the Association of Sites Advocating Child
: Protection, ASACP, a non-profit group that works to enforce
: anti-child pornography laws.
:
: "The porn industry has gotten a bad rap," Joan Irvine,
: the chief executive officer of ASCAP told the BBC. "They
: are doing so much in order to develop technology or using our
: systems because they don't want kids out there watching porn, or
: being in it. They recognise that it isn't good for business and
: would lead to more scrutiny so they police themselves
: well," added Ms Irvine.
:
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