Posted on 04/15/2006 10:35:45 AM PDT by wagglebee
I don't care what the prosecutor says, that goat wanted it.
spinetein: There is NO PORN on the Internet.
wagglebee: Huh?!
I'm reasonably sure that was a joke.
Any male that believes that other males looking at adult porn is going to cause them to become pedophiles is probably a pedophile themselves. Classic projection.
But you see Porn is about people, NOT things. Sex (either simulated or real) being done for pay is the root of porn. Making THAT illegal is what I advocate.
The problem is that the CWA is at the same time too hyper and unaware of the true scope of the problem. Pornography does not cause escalation to the most depraved sexual perversion. Most guys who look at Playboys will not end up pedophiles, and trotting out the old "pornograhpy causes pedophilia" argument prevents them from making the truly important argument - the one you made.
Christian guys are struggling with pornography. It's an epidemic. As you note, they feel guilty because they know its wrong. Articles like this one, however, make them feel afraid to admit they're struggling - they're afraid they'll be ostracized for admitting that they like to look at pictures of naked women. So, they suffer in silence alone.
What the Church needs to do is tell guys that looking at pornography damages our relationships with our wives and girlfriends, but we recognize the addictive hold it holds upon men. We've got to ditch the smarmy judgmentalism and help the hurting guys. We've got to stop pretending it isn't a problem, but also stop acting shocked that guys like to look at pictures of pretty naked women. That, IMHO, is the only way we can break the stranglehold pornography has upon the lives of so many men - including many I know.
Porn is a problem for men and women. Men get the kicks out of it, but women tend to get self righteous and judgmental about it.
If it's a problem it's a problem for all of us.
>And in spite of this, I'm sure that many libertarians will show up on this thread to explain how "harmless" their "hobby" is.<
Not only "libertarians", but scads of "librarians"!
Do you have proof that this is true?
susie
It's not a matter of "should." Irresponsibility always brings us more government. Freedom is not free.
I'm afraid you've confused forums, you want fascistrepublic.com not freerepublic.com
I'm with you on this. I've seen a little bit of porn, and a small sampling on the web; my cousin introduced it to me as a child. Being a female, I thought it was primarily a guy thing, but some females get off on it, I think. It is a big turnoff to me, what I have seen.
I think it is a very serious problem; it becomes like a gambling addiction for so many, and the stakes are so much higher.
It isn't going to be outlawed and will probably get worse, much worse. We all need to be concerned about our children and especially the adult males in our families who could fall victim to it.
People should not need porn to get turned on. It is sick and expoloits, some are all too willing to be exploited because of the money.
Furthermore, I think regular interest in porn does something damaging to the psyche that affects the person adversely in their relationships. You get hooked on it and need more and more and sicker and sicker in order to keep getting stimulated.
Historically there has always been porn, but not the wide access to it there is now. I'll be glad when this phase of "enlightenment" is over, but I won't live to see it if it ever comes.
This may be no place for a lady, but I'm here to tell ya -
Pornography is an insidious and evil lure to an unshakable addiction! They don't say "a picture is worth a thousand words" just for the heck of it! Once something is pictured through the lens of the mind, it never, NEVER, goes away, but stimulates a hunger for more. If you don't think Satan is at the bottom of pornography you are falling into his infamous trap. Enough said.
[Pornography is merely a symptom. The core problems are lack of identity and purpose, and in desperate fashion this yawning gulf inside the soul is filled with perversion. Belief in God, not censorship, is the solution to the problem.]
Child molesters, like other criminals, lack discipline and self control and simply feed their own desires without regard to who they hurt in the process.
A sincere belief in God (and his teachings) should lead one to use self control in life, but there are other routes to self control than religion.
In my opinion, a good knowledge and understanding of natural human sexual behavior and how it is similar to other animal species' sexual motivations is invaluable to sexual self control.
Those particular religions which teach young people that the normal sex urges they experience so powerfully are put into their minds by the devil to tempt them into sin are only encouraging them to go down a road into sexual deviancy.
You would take police away from catching real child molesters in order to crack down on what you perceive as wicked pictures of nekkid wimmin. Guess again, the American people will never allow it.
-ccm
And selfishness, not money, is the root of all evil.
[The most censored book in America is the Bible.]
I don't understand this statement. Are you saying there are Bibles in America which are government censored?
Sex inside a loving married life is rapidly unsatisfying for many, too. That's why there's porn.
-ccm
(NB I do not include myself in this category.)
[Historically there has always been porn, but not the wide access to it there is now.]
Exactly right and it should be regulated as to where people have access to it just as alcohol is and now the use of tobacco. By denying people access to porn in public libraries does not mean censorship to me. People can still access it at home or in adult stores or movie theaters.
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