Posted on 05/28/2004 5:25:59 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
And an extremely poor one.
"I will not attempt to name them again here because I was not taking notes. However, major hotel chains, major media giants, and a very BIG publishing and Internet conglomerate were mentioned."
Wow! And yet, somehow not surprising.
I feel bad for this girl.
So, enlighten all of us as to the specific actions you have taken to remove young women from a life of porn? How many have you saved from this terrible fate?
You preach well, but I really don't think there is anything real behind your sermon.
No more than the federal government should launch a War on Rape.
I'm familiar with the concept. Yet we are our brother's keeper. The purpose of society is to promote the common good. Turning a blind eye to vice is not charitable, it's evil. Specifically, it's a sin of omission.
Genesis 42 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD .
4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." [4] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"Luke 10
30 In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 The next day he took out two silver coins[5] and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36 "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37 The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
"...promote the general Welfare..."
Notice the capitalization.
What exactly is the "basis for America?" Who is the enemy?
Good for ABC's ratings. Sex and violence.
I forgot that very important point.
Newscorp, which includes Fox News, unfortunately, was mentioned, along with Time/Warner and major hotel chains.
Yes, yes: women who willingly have sex for thousands of dollars as a professional activity are exactly the same as women who've been raped. I'm starting to think you're a real crackpot, sir: no offense.
I think I'll post some Jenna pics just to tweak some of the noses that are in the air... :^)
Is that the way you'd describe Michelle's story? I would describe her story as a great human tragedy.
Your description is a prime example of libertarian reductionism.
Please do, and don't bother with the BellaDonnas. I Googled her just to see what she looked like, and let's just say there's a reason the end opposite her face is what made her "famous." She's at least a 12-pack.
So would I. Your point?
This isn't a good analogy because drug use and gambling are not intrinsically evil.
Nevertheless, pornography should be suppressed in any reasonable, possible way.
After all, if we don't act, who'll save the children?
Not you I guess.
BellaDonna -can- look good, but sometimes she doesn't. She has a strange kinda face, I think. Jenna always looks good. :-)
If you decide that whether "intrinsic evils" (a term which cries out for definition) should be criminalized is not subject to debate, how do you expect to persuade anyone? Or are we to hear your pronouncements and rest satisfied that Authority has spoken?
Somebody posted this article last year....
You're ending the discussion because you don't like what you're hearing, not because you've proposed a reasonable counter-argument.
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