“For all those who say that they feel it is ok to use the internet bec there are also many necessities, can you honestly tell me that you would buy a pruste magazine if it also had some clean pages and you say that you will only look at the clean ones? How can you put yourself in a matzav that you are so close to polluting your mind?If you say U’shimartem es Nafshoseichem- what part of your body could possibly be more important that your brain and the way you think?Im not saying that I promote smoking but it is clearly the lesser of two evils. “
If I were to buy a pruste magazine, it would be almost impossible to fail to see pruste pictures in it. Unlike the Internet where one does not HAVE to go to disgusting sites and can in fact block them, magazines are unpredictable as to what will be printed on the next page you turn. There is no gezaira shava between magazines and the internet, except for the fact that they both disseminate information. With all due respect (are you a smoker, btw?) smoking is clearly NOT the lesser of two evils. Even if you want to use the excuse that the internet destroys your neshama or rbain, or whatever (and that is arguable), there is absolutely NO question that smoking destroys the body of the smoker AND anyone who is unfortunate to be stuck around him for a length of time. Babies whose mothers or fathers smoke, have many more upper respiratory illnesses as those who parents don’t. The internet, like anything else in life, can be used for good or for bad. If you drink too much water, it is bad for you, too. If you abuse painkillers that have been prescribed by a doctor, it can kill you. Anything can be misused. The potential for good use of the internet far outweighs the bad, in my opinion. There should be better failsafes in place for “kosher” use.