JMiller
Member
This is only partially true. There is a darker side to porn, that makes no bones about not being for entertainment.
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United States of Pornography
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ninerbuff
godless wonder
The darker side draws a small amount of people. The majority of porn caters to people who like to watch others or their favorite stars having sex.
Dr. Nosophoros
Active Member
demand and supply, I haven't seen any original American revolutionary war period coffee pots with etchings of men with boners chasing half naked boys around the neck of them but I have seen them on numerous classical Greek vases. It's a bit like the drug biz isn't it, if there was no demand it would not pay to supply it so who is really to blame if someone has a problem with it?
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Meh....everything involving humans has a darker side.
(Even bacon can be unhealthy for some people.)
So its existence means nothing regarding right or wrong.
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Dr. Nosophoros
Active Member
No, not a "darkside" just the base animal-human realities that they run to for shelter in times of dire circumstances. The problem I see overall is that many people have never been in situations demanding animal realities affording them the luxury of the fantasies of a pink world filled with funny frogs with magickal little hats- a world held together with cotton candy and fairy string.
Really? Did you interview any of these people and find out where they went wrong? I'm willing to bet that at least half were viewing pornography on a regular basis before they advanced in their depravity.
Only about half?
That seems less than the population in general.
Perhaps porn prevents depraved acts for some.
CaptainBritain
Active Member
I would say greater access to porn is needed not less and if we ban porn, may aswell ban booze, guns, laughter and the right to breathe.
no personal freedom should be sacrificed for the false promise of safety, rape is as old as mankind, unless we can raise every new born child to be a well rounded human being, thats not going to change.
A war on porn will work as well as the war on drugs and prohibition in the twenties.
no personal freedom should be sacrificed for the false promise of safety, rape is as old as mankind, unless we can raise every new born child to be a well rounded human being, thats not going to change.
A war on porn will work as well as the war on drugs and prohibition in the twenties.
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YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
It might be an idea to add a measure of coherency, as well.
outhouse
Atheistically
OMG people enjoying themselves!!!! oh heaven stop them !! OH oH OH Oh oH oH oH
I caught the distinction the first time.I said at least half, and it was probably much more than that.
Now, the story changes to "much more than that".
But even if you had a strong source, correlation is not causation.
Moreover, even if porn were linked to assault, the freedom to view it is not something we ought to give up.
The reason is greater than porn itself....granting ever greater power to government, so that they may control,
regulate & restrict us. Just imagine what other curbs of liberty could be rationalized as being good for us.
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tumbleweed41
Resident Liberal Hippie
Botswana prohibits the possession of "Indecent and obscene material such as pornographic books, magazines, films, videos, DVDs and software"
Botswana has some of the highest instances of child rape in Africa.
Correlation does not equal causation.
Botswana has some of the highest instances of child rape in Africa.
Correlation does not equal causation.
JMiller
Member
good point...
Though, I am not sure this is a fair correlation example, as the rules there are generally "do as I say, not as I do".
Do you know what I mean?
Oneatatime
Huh?
To be honest we should just ban sex altogether and all have test-tube babies. We'll also have to change the shape of test tubes because currently they are phalic in shape and therefore will clearly drive those who handle them into a frenzy of child rape if something isn't done.
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Every culture has porn....some just have a little different focus.
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tumbleweed41
Resident Liberal Hippie
I know that the author of the OP is attempting to correlate the legality of pornography in the US to rapes and sexual assaults that also occur in the US.
As I said, correlation does not equate causation.