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Ashley Madison, storm in a teacup

With all the brouhaha, I wonder if those opposed to Ashley Madison have considered that banning the website would not prevent adultery, which is happening under our noses.

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Sandra Alison Jayandran

With all the brouhaha, I wonder if those opposed to Ashley Madison have considered that banning the website would not prevent adultery, which is happening under our noses.

If we accept having a red-light district and legal prostitution, which are also morally questionable, why are we in a flap now? Spouses who want to stray or are in danger of straying would do so regardless of this website.

Many married persons are on dating sites and the like, meeting one another online, or in clubs and pubs, having one night stands or even prolonged affairs. Ashley Madison is no different from other dating websites, vehicles for one to cheat on one’s partner.

It is society’s morals that should be questioned. With the divorce rate rising in the past few years, reaching a peak in 2011, I reckon that adultery had a part to play.

Let us not bury our heads in the sand. The argument for banning the website reminds me of the fear of teaching sex education in schools: That teenagers would be more interested in premarital sex and more eager to try it.

The website would not lead to more marriages breaking down or more infidelity; it only gives such people another tool to do such things.

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