Limited thinking, obviously.
Hotel industry alone is estimated to distribute half a billion dollars worth of pornographic material, much of it potentially prosecutable as obscenity.
It’s proven to be addictive, to break up marriages, and be a motivating factor in sex crimes against women and children.
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights calls it “a form of violence against women.”
But you think it’s all O.K. just because you hit the “block” button...and then send your wife and kids down to share the pool and public restrooms with all the guys who don’t?
Then perhaps you should expand your thinking to include making these decisions for yourself instead of having some government agency handle it for you?
Since they go to work, school, and the grocery store with those same guys every day of their lives, somehow I think they will survive. ;)
I really wished we could return to the days of Puritanism with all of its trappings.....
Really. A lite flavor of Islamic Law wouldn’t be so bad would it?
“The United Nations Commission on Human Rights...”
uh-oh, citing the UN....Idi Amin still head that department...?
That may all well be, but the fact is, if there was not a demand for it, no one would produce it. The truth is, pornography is an unbelievably profitable industry, and for alot of people, it has meant their path to the American dream.
In general, people who can make it in more “legitamate” industries aren’t going to be involved in making porn. I have an M.B.A, so, for me, if I lost everything today, and had to start over, I’d be just find. But, most people in this country do not have advanced degrees. Take a close look at who is actually in the porn industry, for many of these people, it is their only route to the American dream, and a market clearly exists for it. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. I personally find it in poor taste, so I don’t partake. I don’t go and try and force my taste on others.
And if you are going to quote the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the UNCHR also regularly criticizes the United States because we believe in punishing crime. Every year, we are lectured about the death penalty, or the condition of our prisons, etc. And remember, we got kicked off the commission at one point, while they had some of the worst human rights violators on it. They are unreliable.
You know, America needs to go back to the way it was 100 years ago, before the central government decided it was their business to regulate the personal behavior of others. People wondered why we fought so hard to secede 140 years ago. This is part of the reason why.
Help us Ed Meese! The sky is falling! We're all dooooomed!!
Yes...hitting the "block" button makes it all OK. Thinking back to the 1980s - the last time porn was a big issue - something tells me your aversion to the free market and consensual adult activities isn't limited to pictures of naked people. Just a hunch.