United States of Pornography

[JMiller]

Porn is for entertainment purposes.

This is only partially true. There is a darker side to porn, that makes no bones about not being for entertainment.

 

[ninerbuff]

This is only partially true. There is a darker side to porn, that makes no bones about not being for entertainment.

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]

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?

 

[Revoltingest]

This is only partially true. There is a darker side to porn, that makes no bones about not being for entertainment.

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.

 

[Dr. Nosophoros]

Meh....everything involving people has a darker side.

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.

 

[Adonis65]

As horrible as a lot of those things were, none of it had anything to do with pornography.

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.

 

[Revoltingest]

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.

 

[Adonis65]

Only about half?
That seems less than the population in general.
Perhaps porn prevents depraved acts for some.

I said at least half, and it was probably much more than that.

 

[CaptainBritain]

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.

 

[Storm]

You know, I think I might agree with the op on certain things, but I fell off the wall of text.

peace2011, would you mind restating your points succinctly?

 

[YmirGF]

peace2011, would you mind restating your points succinctly?

It might be an idea to add a measure of coherency, as well.

 

[outhouse]

I am 100% with you Peace2011. You are spot on.

Those who dismiss the words of this man are living in self-delusion.

The scourge of the West is sexual immorality in the American Porn Industry and in Hollywood.

Those who disagree and too caught up in their own self-interests and lustful ways.

OMG people enjoying themselves!!!! oh heaven stop them !! OH oH OH Oh oH oH oH

 

[outhouse]

this all comes down to freedom

those who have it

and those who are jealous of it



and if your against freedom, ill be happy if you just stay where you are

 

[Revoltingest]

I said at least half, and it was probably much more than that.

I caught the distinction the first time.
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.

 

[tumbleweed41]

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.

 

[JMiller]

Correlation does not equal causation.

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]

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.

 

[sojourner]

I think someone's been looking at Playboy's "Girls of the Gulf Region" again, and gotten freaked out by all the ankles...
The article is "Birka Babes."

 

[Revoltingest]

Every culture has porn....some just have a little different focus.
[youtube]PvKC3nkHF5I[/youtube]
YouTube - ‪amish porn‬‏

 

[tumbleweed41]

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?

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.