that cats already out of the bag, there is not putting in back in.
Wrong. It needs to be eliminated.
....because every problem gets solved when the government passes even more laws than we now have. (And the FBI can spy on an elected president with no consequences.)
I know it when I see it......................
And what else would you regulate? We are already fighting censorship by the big social media and search engines. Do you want the government to get involved in what amounts to 1st amendment speech?
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a piece of art featuring nude figures, and pornography? Is there a difference?
In A Pilgrim’s Regress, C.S. Lewis wrote about a man who ordered milk and eggs from a waiter in a restaurant. After tasting the milk he commented to the waiter that it was delicious. The waiter replied, “Milk is only the secretion of a cow, just like urine and feces.” After eating the eggs he commented on the tastiness of the eggs. Again the waiter responded that eggs are only a by-product of a chicken. After thinking about the waiter’s comment for a moment the man responded, “You lie. You don’t know the difference between what nature has meant for nourishment, and what it meant for garbage.”
Ravi Zacharias notes that while both art and pornography utilize nude figures, the purpose/motives for portraying the naked body are definitively distinct. Pornography utilizes nude figures for the pure purpose of stimulating the baser instincts of individuals; instincts that will not be satisfied by that alone. Art, on the other hand, utilizes nude figures for the purpose of highlighting the beauty of man. While pornography engenders lust, art engenders admiration for the glory and beauty of the human body, and thus the glory of its Maker.
Pornography is a symptom. The disease is spiritual. And the only real cure is God.
Mainstream media causes more problems, in my opinion.
If the government could regulate CNN and MSNBC and the NYT and other outlets and force them to stop lying and accurately report the news, that would be great, I think that should be a top priority. Once that problem is solved, we could consider other regulations.
There is this innerweb thingie....
Nude modeling is one thing, porn is another.
Porn is gay.
All of it.
100%
Realize that and it loses its appeal.
Porn tax in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5...............
Would work less well then did prohibition.
Good article.
Drugs
Alcohol
Tobacco
Illegal drugs
Pornogroaphy
Smoking
Fatty foods
Sugary foods
Salty foods
Exercise lack
Seat Belts
Helmets
Guns
Speeding
The list of undesired behaviors, actions, and outcomes is infinite and so is government’s appetite for regulating them and us. But the government’s role is to catch and punish the guilty. To punish those that commit crimes against the rest of us. To put them away so they can longer harm the rest us and to serve as a deterrent to others.
Child molester get released on parole, murderers get released, drug users get subsidized. Why should Constitutional protections be waived in an effort to somehow change people’s behavior?
“Americans should be more interested in deterring moral decline. Which, as suggested by Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project, can be accomplished “by using political power to promote virtue, public morality, and the common good.” “
Sorry, but that is the role of religion and faith which is under attack by our government. Now, the government having abolished the good, we are expected to yield our freedoms to the government so we can protected form the forces of evil they have unleashed?
Criminals create...er destroy a vicious cycle of abuse, trafficking and abortion. They need to be regulated, incarcerated or eliminated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlz3-OzcExI
It’s the film and the film makers...right Hillary? Bill? Harvey? Jeffrey? Ghislaine? et.al.
Graphic violence and torture are also forms of porn. Porn turns people into meat.
So, I guess the question could be, does what some guy watches on his computer, in his home, so harmful that government should intervene or should the government intervene when a single, American male takes a trip to anywhere in Southeast Asia, India or Pakistan? Which is more harmful?
Some guy snapping his carrot to whatever his fetish is?
Some guy traveling around the world to have sex with a kid?
Pornography is NOT obscenity, at least under the precedents in the last half century.
Headline should read: “Conservatives LOVE big government, as long as it’s THEIR big government.”