I very much agree with you, little jeremiah, about the dangers and harm that are part and parcel of porn. And I'd like to get your (and a few others Texans whom I pinged) take on something that's interested me since the mid-90's.
As should be evident from my posting history (and my tagline), I hold the state of Texas in very high regard and an rightly proud of my home...with the exception of big, brightly-lit porn shop that greets visitors upon crossing the state line from the north.
When driving down I-35 (a major gateway artery) through Oklahoma into Texas, the VERY FIRST thing seen after crossing the Red River is that huge smut emporium!
What a welcome that is to my beloved state. :-(
I realize that business is business and porn selling is a legal enterprise. While I certainly don't advocate censorship or restrictive zoning, at the very least, my preference would be that the tacky smut peddler would have enough Texas Pride, decency and respect to relocate at least a few miles beyond the state line. In my opinion, I think a porn shop at the Texas state line gives those entering the state a very negative first impression of Texas.
What do you all think?
I've only been here for five years, and haven't had a reason to venture north to Oklahoma. I had no idea this shop was there.
You're right. It probably creates the wrong impression in visitors' minds, seeing that, right as they cross into Texas.
Getting the owner to relocate to somewhere less obvious would take somewhat of a sustained crusade, I would think. This isn't the sort of battle that's won in a week or two. Needs a lot of protests, letters to TV stations, Tourism Board, local public officials, city council, TV coverage, etc.
Folks in Texoma need to get motivated to do something about this, or nothing will happen.
Anyone selling porn already has no moral compass whatsoever, selling the filth and making a buck are all that such a person cares about.
Second, the only reason porn is legal is because of the commie founded ACLU, a leftist leaning SCOTUS, and porn producers; IIRC it was Larry Flynt who got the lawsuit going to get porn legalized.
For almost 200 years no constitutional scholars, nor the men who wrote it, thought that the First Amendment protected obscenity, pornography or strip clubs.
Thanks to the ACLU, porn producers and (IIRC) the same SCOTUS who legalized abortion, we now have tons of people who think that porn is intended to be Constitutionally protected free speech and should be legal.
Constitutionally speaking, it should not be legal.
NAFTA. We didn’t hafta, but we did-a.
With truckers come porn, hookers, lot lizards of every stripe. Oh, and drugs.
What else is a trucker going to do? Visit the zoo, the Alamo, caverns and safari parks?