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Rushdie on Porn: "A Symbol of Civilisation"
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Hmmmm, now we all know what Rushdie is doing at home at night. Now hear ye all - if this is true then 'free' society has problems stored up. No,it probably is true. Free society does have immense problems stored. Porn and it's extension to Child Porn... is a huge....social....time bomb!The Baron
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Anonymous Coward
on Thursday August 12, @06:01AM (#1564)
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Nice tactic there.
Tying porn to child porn. Puts anyone that disagrees with you into the situation of advocating child porn, unless they're careful.
Pornography is a complex subject. Normal pornography (a sweeping generalization i know) does not lead to chile pornography. That stems from a desire to see children in that kind of way. if you do not have that urge, then no pornography will instill it in you.
As long as no-one is harmed (physically or mentally) in it's production, what right do you have to object to it? You are not forced to look at it.
How is it a social timebomb? Explain yourself.
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Thankyou for a well structured reply. Now if you're too harsh, you'll just look bad and automatically appear to be an advocator of child porn :)
The below material contains some generalisations and stereotypes.
1. Porn viewers view in private, at night, without their wives knowing. Why - if it's OK? I object because it twists the way males look at women - now, normal people (instead of men in overcoats going for the top shelf magazines risking bumping into someone they know) have an easy and constant diet of exciting themselves through porn. Will this have no effect on how they view life and interact with others, incl. women?
2. The link between p and cp is indeed more difficult. Law prevents some migration. Many individuals draw a line themselves. But a high incidence of child abuse and child porn raises questions in the mind. Let's see - how old are the women posing? Some sites have disclaimers about the age of women used,i.e. over 18. Do they look that old? Rarely. How many sites exist including the phrase 'schoolgirls'? Why do their (web)masters make them look younger? And younger? And younger...? Because that's the demand. At what point does it become children, from girls, from women? Once we have a perverted viewpoint it's very difficult to lose it. And it's easier to progress to the next perverted viewpoint.
3. It's a social time bomb because normal people have a constant easy diet of this stuff. It has to have an out. It leaves us with less personal dignity. Again - why is it done at night, in a separate room, in private, quickly turned off if someone comes into the door, ears pricked (oops - no pun intended) for noise of the wife coming...? In consequence, we have less control over ourselves, etc. etc. There was a movie - can't recall the title, where a group of people invited individuals for dinner and judged them worthy of life or death, then murdered them - but the self appointed judges became more and more dysfunctional.. its the same with this - that's why it's a social time bomb.
4. I have three kids - can I allow them to have their own email? I mean what to they think pe*is enhancement size is? Maybe they should try this viagra? If,for business reasons, I have to have html email (the default anyway), my son could very easily accidentally see embedded pictures of the stronger types of porn - some sl*t prising apart her va*ina. Is this the world you want? This is a consequence of the wide availability of porn. But the web has become too important to prevent my children access - they have their homework involved, its the default way they communicate with their friends, etc. But they haven't fully developed their social values yet. Why should the web be such a dangerous place? I'm not 'forced to look at it', but I am forced to deal with it!
Regards.The Baron
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