I agree that's how people should feel about it, and if they did that it would solve two major issues we have in the society right now (hopefully):
1) "sex scandals" - it seems politicians or others in power can't go to prison for stealing a lot of money or even murdering someone. But if they are involved in a sex scandal - well god may have mercy on their souls! Their careers are basically over then. It's also why intelligence agencies can have tremendous power over politicians, judges and so on, if they can "discredit them" through their porn or sex habits. That should stop happening. It should be a non-issue for everyone.
2) the more people are "okay" with porn or sexuality in general, the less likely it will be for some politicians one day to manage to pass a bill that criminalizes either porn in general, or specific kinds of porn or sexuality (like say gay porn).
Not quite. Most of the big ISPs were required to add an 'adult content' filter, which yes, basically blocks porn among other things.
When signing up for a new broadband connection, the box enabling this 'adult content' filter is ticked by default, meaning you have to actively untick it.
ISPs are also required to contact all existing customers somehow and ask them whether or not they want the filter enabled.
No laws have been passed yet to enforce ISPs to do this, just pressure from David Cameron and campaigns by the Daily Mail and 'parent' groups and stuff, although David Cameron did say if the recently implemented system was not effective enough they would have to legislate (the problem now, is whether the 4-8% takeup on all but one isp is 'effective'.)
It's not always as simple as that unfortunately.
I arrived in the UK recently and got a mobile sim card with a pay-as-you-go system.
When trying to view an adult content website using my mobile data connection, I arrived on that wonderful "blocked content" page.
To get it removed, I could use a credit card. Oh, but not any credit card. The one I have from my country of origin wasn't valid, not even the one from my previous country of residence. I needed a UK credit card, which I didn't have yet.
The only option was to go back in a store, with my passport, and say "Yes dear Sir/Madam I would like my internet with porn enabled please".
It was (almost) faster to setup a vpn.
Also, note that I say _adult content_, not even porn, as some website that do not contain specifically porn are blocked as well.
I'm not from the UK (and may thus stand corrected) but I think this law has very little support in the general population. It seems like merely the latest fig-leaf for another increase in mass surveillance and "guided democracy", which the UK is notorious[1] for.
Many people are well aware that once these filter-systems are in place, they will inevitably be used not only to suppress porn, but also to "accidentally" suppress other things[2]. There has been quite a bit of backlash[3][4], but I guess we know how these things tend to pan out...
People getting a new internet connection are required to actively choose whether they want their ISP's filtering to be applied or not. It doesn't feel like a big deal - everyone I know takes the view of "of course you opt out of the filter" and there doesn't seem to be any stigma attached to doing so. (of course that's just my friendship circle)
1) "sex scandals" - it seems politicians or others in power can't go to prison for stealing a lot of money or even murdering someone. But if they are involved in a sex scandal - well god may have mercy on their souls! Their careers are basically over then. It's also why intelligence agencies can have tremendous power over politicians, judges and so on, if they can "discredit them" through their porn or sex habits. That should stop happening. It should be a non-issue for everyone.
2) the more people are "okay" with porn or sexuality in general, the less likely it will be for some politicians one day to manage to pass a bill that criminalizes either porn in general, or specific kinds of porn or sexuality (like say gay porn).