PSP – Playstation Porn-Able

Hopefully, you all know that the PSP is actually called a Playstation Portable, but apparently, it’s getting a new nickname in certain circles since it features a web browser. Once teenage boys figured that out, which I’m sure took all of about 3 seconds, it was a short hop to internet porn sites. Like home computers, PSP should be restricted from any adolescent young man for fear of him going blind. If you don’t know what that means, then you probably haven’t ever been a teenage boy, and you’ll have to email me to get an explanation.

I didn’t even realize that this was a prevalent issue until I ran across this article (http://www.nbc5i.com/technology/10421419/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=nationalnews) today. I have a PSP, so I definitely knew that it had an internet browser. I just didn’t know about this particular issue. I’m not surprised, though, I led a small group of teenage boys for five years. The topic of discussion changed every week, but we always managed to talk about girls and sex anyway. So what makes this newsworthy? I have no idea. I only bring it up here because I caught one line that made me laugh out loud:

“A Minnesota boy got in trouble when he brought his PSP to school loaded with pictures of naked women…”

If the line stopped there, it wouldn’t be all the humorous. We’re all in agreement at this point that the boy needs to be punished, counseled, and his PSP confiscated (though we may disagree on what needs to be done with the pictures). Unfortunately, that is not where the line ends. Here it is in its entirety.

“A Minnesota boy got in trouble when he brought his PSP to school loaded with pictures of naked women he downloaded from the school’s computer.”

Wow! First this made me laugh. Then it made me start thinking of all the obvious questions that need to be asked in a situation like this. Was the boy in trouble for having the pictures on his PSP, or for taking them from the school? Was he hitting the principal’s secret porn stash? Would he have gotten in trouble if he was only looking through the school’s porn library and not stealing the porn from them? And, finally, what in the world kind of school does this kid go to that they have porn on their computers?

In the boy’s defense, he’s quoted as saying, “Once the pictures were on it, I turned it off right away after I did that.” Now, I don’t want to drag everyone into the gutter with my deranged little mind, but this is a young boy we’re talking about. Doesn’t this quote just beg the question of what exactly he’s referring to when he says, “I turned it off…”? Is he talking about the PSP or something else? Is this kid going to end up blind? Probably. And he’s likely to have carpal tunnel syndrome, too, if he doesn’t change schools soon.