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Suppression of Free Speech on Covid

Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
I've got news for ya. Many of those "literary greats" wrote what you would consider pornographic material. Ever read The Scarlett Letter? How about Jude the Obscure? Ever heard of Oscar Wilde? His autobiography probably contains some material about how he was gay (I know, the horror!).

And of course, the one you keep ignoring when presented to you .... The Bible - brimming with sex and violence.
define porn
 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
define porn?

You seem to define porn much more loosely than I do. But you're the one claiming all these books are pornographic in nature, so perhaps you should tell us your definition of porn.



pornography​

noun


1: the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement


2: material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement


3: the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction

 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
I select to whom I share pearls with... for some, like you two, no answer is ever good enough, so why bother?
Pearls? My, aren't you the humble one.

Any answer that addresses the point and/or answers the question is good enough, Kenny. Unfortunately, you so often fail to provide either of those in your responses.

You say all this stuff is pornographic. Well, don't you think it helps to explain what it is you mean by the word "porn?"
 

Sargonski

Well-Known Member
That's good to hear! Makes me hopeful

When I went on vacation with family to Utah, we made a road trip through East Oregon and Idaho to get there. This was in between the first and second spike of cases, and after they lifted restrictions we took the opportunity to go then

Oregon and eastern Washington, though broadly conservative, were ok. I'd say about a third of the folks were masked up. When we went through Idaho the tone shifted, no one was wearing a mask, and everyone was staring at us. Had one guy ask me why I had a diaper on my face and another just ask me why I was wearing a mask. I had to explain to them that I work in a hospital and I didn't want to spread what I work with to others. My parents took theirs off as they didn't want to draw attention, and I can't blame em

Maybe things are different now, though. That was a couple years ago
Aye, I spend time in western PA,
& masks were rare there.

My response would be....
"Diarrhea of the mouth."

That is brilliant. By side-stepping the
Covid controversy, it invites anti-maskers
to consider there being merit in masking.

Not sure if my studies in "air flow through an orifice" might be of assistance .. but .. lest one sounds like darth vader .. the mask is not doing much ... the false sense of security doing more to spread than to prevent at this point.... and to be honest .. if a lockdown is to be contemplated .. it has to be a full lockdown .. Australia / NZ style.

The data is in on the Sweden experiment .. and they were better off than the masked nations.

I am not anti mask .. just pro science :) A loose fitting cloth mask does squat .. when you sneeze in the grocery line with mask on .. what happens ???? "Air flow through an orifice" remember ? the dude behind you gets a concentrated blast of what ever you are carrying .. OH .. Shart .. thats bad right ? and it blasts throughout the room ..

and in this example .. even if you have the Darth Vader mask .. if the seal is broken by the sneeze .. we are still in trouble.

Full lockdown is the only way to prevent spread.
 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
Not sure if my studies in "air flow through an orifice" might be of assistance .. but .. lest one sounds like darth vader .. the mask is not doing much ... the false sense of security doing more to spread than to prevent at this point.... and to be honest .. if a lockdown is to be contemplated .. it has to be a full lockdown .. Australia / NZ style.

The data is in on the Sweden experiment .. and they were better off than the masked nations.

I am not anti mask .. just pro science :) A loose fitting cloth mask does squat .. when you sneeze in the grocery line with mask on .. what happens ???? "Air flow through an orifice" remember ? the dude behind you gets a concentrated blast of what ever you are carrying .. OH .. Shart .. thats bad right ? and it blasts throughout the room ..

and in this example .. even if you have the Darth Vader mask .. if the seal is broken by the sneeze .. we are still in trouble.

Full lockdown is the only way to prevent spread.
The COVID virus travels via your spit and mucus, which tend to be larger particles. So wearing a mask does, in fact offer some protection to those around you from your spit and mucus travelling from your face to theirs. Especially if you sneeze, the mask will collect the majority of your disgusting mucus from travelling to other peoples' faces. Even more effective if you've got an N95 or better.

I don't think anything is going to leak out if you wear a Darth Vader mask which I'm pretty sure was some sort of breathing apparatus. Of course it's fictional, so there's that.
 

Soandso

ᛋᛏᚨᚾᛞ ᛋᚢᚱᛖ
Not sure if my studies in "air flow through an orifice" might be of assistance .. but .. lest one sounds like darth vader .. the mask is not doing much ... the false sense of security doing more to spread than to prevent at this point.... and to be honest .. if a lockdown is to be contemplated .. it has to be a full lockdown .. Australia / NZ style.

The data is in on the Sweden experiment .. and they were better off than the masked nations.

I am not anti mask .. just pro science :) A loose fitting cloth mask does squat .. when you sneeze in the grocery line with mask on .. what happens ???? "Air flow through an orifice" remember ? the dude behind you gets a concentrated blast of what ever you are carrying .. OH .. Shart .. thats bad right ? and it blasts throughout the room ..

and in this example .. even if you have the Darth Vader mask .. if the seal is broken by the sneeze .. we are still in trouble.

Full lockdown is the only way to prevent spread.

Cool story

Have any published papers to reference that masks do nothing? I actually went through a hospital outbreak that made international news because of mistreatment with masks. Hundreds of staff and patients got sick. Hell, I've seen whole floors shut down due to an outbreak caused by nurses who didn't make their patients wear masks when they left their rooms. Totally irresponsible
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Understand the skepticism but I think it is pretty well known and documented in the US




WHAT IF?

What if school libraries was about enriching the mind in science, math, literary greats, great men and women autobigraphies, logic and other things that had to do with education?
Well that is a fail. Three extremely biased sources. The first two do not even have what was supposedly porn in them. The second one got its facts wrong. I am familiar with that argument and it has already been refuted. The claimed act with an adult was a memory of an act performed by the author with another child that is now an adult. How stupid were these people?

The third has an excerpt but there was no "pornography". That is unless you want to call the Bible pornographic. Try to be consistent please.
 
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