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The pornification of America
Boston Globe ^ | Don Aucoin

Posted on 01/24/2006 2:50:39 PM PST by SmoothTalker

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To: VegasCowboy

Yeah, plus she's been on the air for 15 years or something, so she's really 25.


61 posted on 01/24/2006 4:18:40 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: Dark Skies

LOL

well she's about 3 months younger than I am so it's all good over here :)


62 posted on 01/24/2006 4:20:58 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: Nathan Zachary
She's an object that you would want to have sex with.

You're right. Can you imagine the beauty that exists between a man and woman, newly married, who have only known each other? Can you imagine what a bond that must create? Especially in this modern world of ours where we can actually choose our mates. Where we can take our time about it. There is very liitle that we have touched, that was once sacrosanct, that we didn't nearly unalterably sully.

63 posted on 01/24/2006 4:21:10 PM PST by AlbionGirl
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To: speedy
"And I love the way he tries to blame Conservatives for porn because he sees them as playing "repressive games" that only encourage pornography."

The comment to which you refer was bogus. This society hasn't been repressed about sex since at least the 60's. Neither have conservatives.

However, conservatives do encourage self control and restraint which is far different than repression, and as such we will only hurt the cause of pornography.

64 posted on 01/24/2006 4:21:32 PM PST by TAdams8591 (The first amendment does NOT protect vulgar and obscene speech.)
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To: TChad
This piece ignores the economics of pornography. Porn was once expensive, and now is cheap or free. What usually happens to the rate of consumption of a good when its cost decreases?

You get too much of it, get tired of it, and start looking for something more rare that's still interesting?

If fine steak became dirt cheap, people would eat it too often and then become royally sick of it.

When I was a kid, images of attractive scantily-clad women were hard to find, and of course I was highly alert to any chance to find some. Now that it's everywhere, it just doesn't thrill like it used to -- it gets old fast. Don't get me wrong, I still *like* looking at attractive women (clothed or otherwise), but it's not as "woo woo!" as it used to be. As porn has become more available over the years, my interest in it has *dropped*, not gone up.

I'm not the only one to have noticed this, apparently. There's an absolutely classic scene in an episode of "Futurama", where the gang explores the Internet of the year 3000 (full virtual reality, etc.). Fry spots the X-rated section, and heads into it. Later in the episode he comes out, and says, "Well, thanks to the Internet, now I'm bored with sex."

65 posted on 01/24/2006 4:21:57 PM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Nathan Zachary

Humvees are a waste of money.

Lite beer is a waste of money.

PPV wrestling is a waste of money.

Contributions to the Red Cross are a waste of money.

Hair plugs are a waste of money.

Pedicures for men are a waste of money.

Home Depot stock is a waste of money.


66 posted on 01/24/2006 4:24:44 PM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: MikeinIraq
[Erstwhile child star Lindsay Lohan]

I know the author choose those words for dramatic effect, but she's damn near 20 years old now and is no LONGER a child.

The author knows that. That's why he said "erstwhile", which means "former".

67 posted on 01/24/2006 4:26:07 PM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Eagle Eye
Wives are for love and mistresses for sex.
Or is it the other way around?

It is on alternate Thursdays.

68 posted on 01/24/2006 4:28:28 PM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Ichneumon

I don't know about you, but I never thought of her as a child.

Most of her success came at 17 to 18 years of age. Hardly a child.


69 posted on 01/24/2006 4:31:22 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: Ichneumon

Today is Tuesday.

So...hmmm...but it is the first Tuesday of the week, right?

Tuesday and Thursday both begin with T and end with Y.

Y? Because it isn't a waste of money!


70 posted on 01/24/2006 4:32:44 PM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: Dark Skies
You'll be glad to know (I speak for all old timers), the love of women doesn't go away...but (sometimes) a man's taste in women matures as he does.

Considering what's out there, that FRiend, is a scary thought.


71 posted on 01/24/2006 4:37:54 PM PST by Freebird Forever (If they're truly public servants, why do they live in the mansions?)
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To: Dark Skies

You've given me hope! LOL


72 posted on 01/24/2006 4:41:17 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: Freebird Forever

Rule #1...never date women who are Democrats or leftists. Even wobbly independents are better looking (and have a semblance of soul).


73 posted on 01/24/2006 4:47:32 PM PST by Dark Skies ("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
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To: SmoothTalker
"Blame the consumers. Big media is a business. If consumers weren't buying the filth and supporting its purveyors, the filth wouldn't be as widespread."

It's the fashion designers who control what people wear. I used to think as you did, until I realized that our culture has made it nearly impossible for young girls to dress modestly. First of all, where does she even find modest fashions today, certainly not in any of the malls where they shop? Second, she would be ostracized by her peers if she did find them and wear them. Third, young people today have no real way to determine that what they wear is immoral, because they were born into this pit of filth.

I FIRMLY believe that it's the fashion mogels, their saturation marketing strategies and the clothing/retail industry itself who are to blaim for this mess. Lastly, our society has largely taken away parental authority in various ways. It's illegal to 'spank' your child, the Child Social Services can enter if you do, the public schools actually teach our children to report acts of "child abuse", (as in spanking), to authorities. Fatherhood and the traditional family went south with the no-fault divorce laws, FCC laws were downgraded and allowed TV programs to show every form of filth there is. Most kids don't stand a chance of embracing morality growing up in this garbage atmosphere today.

74 posted on 01/24/2006 4:50:36 PM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
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To: Dark Skies

***A bikini-wearing Jessica Simpson bumping and grinding in the music video for ''These Boots Are Made for Walkin.***

I thought that Jessica Simpson was just another character on THE SIMPSONS, which I never watch.

Now I find she is just another blond bimbo.


75 posted on 01/24/2006 4:55:14 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: cgk

***Oh, you mean Madame Gutterfly has admirers?***

How much? and are you clean!


76 posted on 01/24/2006 4:56:51 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

LOL!


77 posted on 01/24/2006 4:59:56 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk
I love this picture with Dan Rather working the bar


78 posted on 01/24/2006 5:00:43 PM PST by Vision ("You guys are literally the cream of the crop of political analysis")
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To: Jim Noble

From what I've seen, Simpson (Jessia) is a hottie. But I have a rule which this picture violates: if you can see the bones in her ribcage while she's just standing there - she's too damn skinny.


79 posted on 01/24/2006 5:05:32 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: SmoothTalker

bump


80 posted on 01/24/2006 5:06:59 PM PST by lesser_satan
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