GatorB

Having been a 12 year old once I can tell you that yes it IS possible to buy a Penthouse from a convenience store. Those are the same type stores that sell cigarettes and booze to minors. And they exist. And I've done it. When I was 16 I worked at a small grocery store that all kinds of porn mags. Not just Playboy. I'm talking Hustler, Oui, Swank etc. The chick working at the checkout lane that I went to high school with had no problems letting me purchase said magazines as long as no one was around. This was in the 80's WELL before the internet as we know it. Not to mention half your friend's dads either had a magazine and/or video collection lying around that they made no effort to lock up. In fact a lot of dads didn't give a fuck if you looked at their porn as long as you didn't fuck it up. I turned 18 before most of my friends so when I able to legally buy porn mags or rent porn movies I had no problem buying a mag or renting a movie for one of my not yet 18 friends if he gave me the money. So what was that you were saying about minors not being able to get porn?

Sure if you don't monitor your child's internet activities. Fact is it's EASIER today to know if your kid is looking at porn than it was when I was a kid. Only time I got busted was when my porn collection got so huge it was difficult to hide. So I'm talking MONTHS. I can go in my kids computer right now and tell you every site he's been on in the last 24 hours.

You don't need age verification to buy a PPV porn movie and most parents don't have parental locks on their cable boxes. The movies they show on Cinemax at night may not be "porn" to us but to the Jesus freaks they most certainly would be. And not exactly what you'd want a 12 year old watching. What "age verification" is there to stop a 12 year old from watching "Skinemax" as they call it? NONE.