on the other hand - for every complex problem there's always a simple answer - and its always wrong

explicit porn is illegal in many jurisdictions so a .porn suffix could probably be blocked by the ISP without jeopardising their common carrier status which is what permits all this file sharing via gnutella

of course there are - but sexuality is experienced in the 'here and now' whereas the misfortune of others is all too often an abstraction

plus - the connections between 'porn' and third world starvation are far from straightforward - todays 'acceptable marketing image' is yesterdays pornography - in the west, sex sells and is therefore fundamental to capitalism - world starvation could easily be 'fixed' (the pet food fishing industry in america alone could feed all the starving) - the problem is that of distribution - it is no coincidence that the countries most at risk fom starvation/social inequality etc are those least integrated with global capitalism - which is of course driven by materialism and lashings of sex

it is also no coincidence that the most materialist society in recorded history (america) is also the society that has done more to advance issues of equal rights/social equality etc than any other country in recorded history

you can be uncharitable and say this is just because of a never ending desire for new markets/consumers or you can take the alternative view thar capitalism 'works' best in the context of educated, liberal, pluralistic and tolerant democracies (who knows?)

either way - part of the process is an increasing sexualisation of popular culture - personally I'd rather have gnutella absloutely flooded with porn (that I could easily filter out if I want) than live in a sexually repressive society that punished very human behaviours because they went against some idealised moral code that ignores the fact that most people spend an enormous amount of time focused on sex (and thats ok)