Finances have been historically the #1 issue why people went OTD and will likely remain so.
Really? The opposing side of the argument seems to simply be to ignore the thrust of the argument and bring up needless side issues and claim they deserve greater attention. Case in point, bringing up abuse, financial issues, drug abuse, and pointing at them whilst saying that these are bigger problems than the internet. Firstly, they’re not. You are, quite simply, wrong. Enough has been said in this thread explaining clearly the problem with the Internet, and I do not need to go over it. But it certainly outstrips financial issues in importance. In today’s world, financial issues are a tiny factor in people going OTD. Secondly, it is possible for there to be more than one issue. Torah Jewry does not have to choose between addressing abuse or the Internet, it can deal with both.
One thing you have definitely never dealt with is the inescapable fact that unfettered (not just unfiltered) Internet use is an enormous issue facing Torah Jewry and all of us must address this. The fact that you have as yet refused to understand this is either down to apathy, ignorance, incapacity or denial. Honestly, I am unsure as to why I keep answering. The vast majority are in agreement, i.e. showjoe, yekke2 (Ahmedinijad? Are we in 2013?), wolfish, n977ll (well done, by the way), yybc, LG, barlev, chacha5, and mw13, whilst two or three posters keep rehashing non-arguments and refuse to properly engage by actually accounting for themselves properly. Maybe now can be an exception, and these points can actually be addressed?
mild edit . . . you’ll thank me one day