Every media has content which groups of people consider to be morally objectionable. This content usually falls in the categories of gambling, pornography, violence, and drugs. Unfortunately, the categories containing legal content make up multi-billion dollar industries. The interesting fact, though, is that often times a new media lives or dies by whether or not this morally objectionable content makes use of it. It is somewhat of a demonic driving force behind media. Evidence of this is found in what's commonly referred to as the “format war” involving Sony's Betamax and JVC's VHS. While not commonly discussed, it is widely accepted that one of the strongest reasons that the VHS won was that it garnered the support of the adult film industry. (I recommend caution while searching for information related to this.) It has been speculated that the new “format war” between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will be decided for the same reason, meaning Sony will lose again. While the subject matter is not the most popular, I don't think the Internet would have grown so quickly during the 1990's without the existence of the morally objectionable content that so many wish to avoid.

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