Rsoz – One of the reasons the Maschiach of Lakewood was one of the organizers of the Asifa is because e/o who caught anyone (spouse, friend, etc.) looking at improper things went running to him screaming about it.
The point of my post is Not that these people shouldn’t seek help either by a Rov (if the Rov can handle psych issues) or by a therapist, but why has Shmiras Eneyim become the scorge of the Frum world? I don’t think this has anything to do with Frumkeit because when was the last time a spouse went running to a Maschiach screaming -“All my spouse does all day is speak LH”?
I never heard anyone do this yet and some people just speak LH all day and n/o cares.
I think that a spouse thinks some sort of ineptness as the reason behind this problem. They think somehow they are at fault. Whether this sometimes can be the case, it most definitely isn’t always the case. So in a way, making an Asifa and screaming about it – might stop some people, in others there is a psych issue going on by both spouses. In one spouse, there is the addiction. And in the other there is the inadequacy. So if people only get from the Asifa that this is a Frum issue – there might be an increase in marital discord and subsequently divorce.
I think by and far most cases of internet problems are rooted in psych problems and we need to address this. How about getting mental health prof. to see people in every Frum community with this problem for free (pro-bono)? I think putting Jewish money into this aspect is worth more than what they are doing with the money -Ichud Kehillos setting up filter/internet solutions in every community. This would do more to solve the problem than people getting up on their soap-box screaming -“Shaigetz!”