December 2, 2009
Published: 26 Aug 09 10:55 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21696/20090826/
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Ida Riedel Palmer, 23, was left disappointed when what was advertised as a free "body jam" dance CD with her breakfast cereal directed her to a hardcore porn website.
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"It was not soft porn. It was definitely what I would categorize as unpleasant porn - not that I know much about it,"
So she spent long enough browsing the site content to find that out? :)
I am glad that it was her that found the disc and NOT her kids!
If this was reported correctly, it has the potential to be a serious problem!
I must say though that having your morning "porn flakes" sounds really cool ;-)
Porn flakes the breakfast of champions!
Love Ms. Palmer's categorisation of the porn as "unpleasant porn". Would be interesting to see what Ms. Palmer classifies as "pleasant porn"?
PS - love the article headline!
Now when speaking about an illegal industry that is generally regarded with distaste (weapons, drugs, prostitution, etc.) and someone says "It makes $XXX per year," that is an entirely different statement. It implies that the profit made from the illegal industry is a travesty and should be stopped.
Yes, the U.S. is a very money-centric nation and we discuss it quite regularly. We don't always realize that it's a subject bordering on taboo in other countries and that they may not pick up on particular nuances when we discuss things from a financial point of view.
It is good that it wasn't kids who found it, I wonder how many others were distributed with that CD? I foresee a rise in Nestle sales....
Yes I guess if that is how your children are raised, then perhaps you are right, it could be damaging since you are not in their lives to guide them.
To what good would be exposing children to something they don't care or need to know about at such an early age. You might as well make them watch shows with animals and people killing animals. These type of things could very well frighten small children and make them very fearful of the world around them at an unnecessary early age. You need to re-think your position aairon.