You're opposed to capitalism, too?
Where are we getting these newbies these days?
XR7 wrote: Prostitution and capitalism are both forms of idolatry.
You Wrote: You're opposed to capitalism, too?
Where are we getting these newbies these days?
My reply: So XR7 believes that Capitalism is idolatry, hmmm I will read his/her posts with a more critical eye.
Actually Modernman, I think you offered the best debate on the topic. AND I still am opposed to porn, think that people who consume it do so at theri own peril, it is a poor substituition for human contact and interaction.
BUT in this country we don't want government running our lives. At first f I could be shown a direct corralation between porn and crime I think I could have justified a ban. However the web statistics clearly show that much to my surprise porn is a lot bigger product than I thought it was.
If it is consumed/watched by so many millions, and 99.9% of the consumers are not out committing sex crimes or other crimes then you can't really deny the public their right to have porn if they want it. There is no statistical correlation between porn and crime. We just don't go around banning everything that is not good for you. The sickos who can't handle it and go out and commit crimes, they probablyw ould have done so anyway, porn or no porn.
When I brought up "home movies" between a married couple none of the anti-porn people could manage a decent argument that this variety of porn should be banned. I mean if you are going to ban porn, then you ban it all, right? If personal porn is okay with 'yall then what really is the difference between personal porn and public porn? Both versions are, "caught on tape"
As a closing thought things that are done in the privacy of your own homes, between consenting adults are really nobody elses business. 'Taint my bidness.
Now let's ban violent movies, which I think are even worse than porn. Also I think we should ban music which encourages violence, particually against wimmin. Some of the music is so slutty it makes you want to throw up. If we are going to ban somethings, then I go for violent movies and slutty music. Once those 2 are banned we can come back and talk about if porn should next be up on the top of the "Let's ban this" list. Porn is not on the public airwaves, nobody is exposed to it unless they actively go look for it, I am on the internet all the time and I have never found it, EVER, I guess if thaaaaats what some people want, well okay, I'm protected from not having to see it.