By Rahul Easwar Let us be honest enough to accept that 99% of us have surfed through pornography at least once in life. And all of have felt at least once that even though adult erotic context is OK, child pornography, scenes of rape, bestiality and necrophilia kind of content ought to be regulated. #PornBan is an issue with several shades of grey. It is easy to play to the gallery and have have an holier-or-liberal-than-thou-attitude. There is a the conservative perspective stating that all porn is bad and should be banned, and there is the liberal thought based on the belief that watching porn is a personal choice & freedom. A genuine middle ground is possible - which I call as the 'Right Responsible' perspective. Here we have to differentiate between erotic adult content & violent vulgar pornography. Why should we regulate child pornography? Because we have empirical evidence connecting the rape of a 5-year old Gudiya in Delhi by a person who watched child porn in his mobile & then raped her. There is an established chain of events in the 2013 case. A middle ground would not be a blanket ban on porn, but regulations where categories like child porn, bestiality and porn which promotes vulgar & violent content will not be allowed. Below is a quick run through of reasons for regulation on porn. 1. Justifying porn as "simple consent" is over simplification. It is a huge, dark industry worth billions which is exploitative, sexist, misogynistic, which promotes commodification of women & perpetuating perversion. 2. Porn is more addictive than drugs and alcohol. There are healh & mental issues that can be generated by misguided impressions from porn. 3. In the digital world, where porn is freely available, imagine the impact on children of the age group of 12-16 whose understanding of sexuality is only unfolding. The "freedom" argument sounds very appealing, but in name of freedom can I argue, "How can you stop me from having drugs inside four walls of my room?" When we drive our car, can we say it is our freedom to wear or not wear seat belt? Can we say "It is my car, how dare you invade my privacy & order me to wear seat belt?" Regulation on porn is like driving with a seat belt, where there is freedom to explore, but seat belt (regulation) will save us from danger. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this articles are the personal opinions of the author. The News Minute is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, suitability or validity of any information in this article. The information, facts or opinions appearing in this article do not reflect the views of The News Minute and The News Minute does not assume any liability for the same.