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Thus rejecting a porn ban leaves unsolved the parenting dilemma, I'll grant. But as I hope conservatives will realize, prohibition was never the panacea it might seem. Even with a ban, this problem would not go away, as 50 years of drug war have shown. "Don't let your kids have smartphones" would still be, at best, a half-measure, for Walsh is not wrong that "all it requires is one friend whose parents have not taken that step." There is no easy solution here, nor, I suspect, any solution that can be effectively applied by a single nuclear family without considerable community support. It is building that support to which porn opponents should turn their energies. Instead of seeking a ban, seek to make it unnecessary, at least in your little corner of the world. Strictly defined, our task is not to keep our kids isolated from porn but to teach them to abhor and refuse it.

⁠— the week Dec. 21 2019