Since one can act in the Internet through various anonymous devices, he may act as an cyberversion of himself on the Internet. As a result, it is likely that whatever the influence he receives from the Internet may only be feedback on the Internet, not necessarily into his physical world. There is sociology experiment conducted by Danish sociologists on the issue of obscenity. It finds that high availability of hard-core pornography in Denmark was most probably the very direct cause of a considerable decrease in at least one type of serious sex offenses, namely, child molestation. Journal of Social Issues , Vol.
Legal paternalism has a long and fundamental tradition.
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