Posted on 08/29/2010 2:30:01 PM PDT by geraldmcg
According to an Associated Press story (T. El-Tablawy, “Porn offers window into Iraq's chaotic politics”) released August 23, 2010, “Change...is afoot in Iraq. Hundreds of porn DVDs are stacked elbow deep...on a table...on a downtown sidewalk.”
The story continues: “Its reemergence...reflects how security has improved but also how the fragile government is busy with more pressing issues than spicy videos.”
The story also observes that “with the Western troops and their supporting army of foreign security contractors came the porn once strictly forbidden under Saddam's regime” and that the titles of many videos now available, “along the lines of ‘The Rape of the Coeds’ – offer disturbing insight into the possible psychological effects the years of indiscriminate violence have had on Iraqis...”
Morality in Media (MIM) president, attorney Robert Peters has the following comments:
It is interesting that in a 957 word article about the open sale of pornography in Baghdad streets, no mention is made of the harms of pornography and no one is quoted who is against it.
It is also interesting that the AP writer would infer that the presence of Western military and other personnel contributed to the current situation without mentioning that this could negatively affect the war against terrorism. According to a Gallup poll (“Iraq and the West: How Wide is the Morality Gap,” Gallup, 11/25/03): “Gallup's Poll of Baghdad asked a representative sample of adults to describe in their own words what, if anything, they most resent about the West… More than a third (36%) of Baghdad residents said they believe Western culture has undermined moral standards by spreading sexually indecent influences [‘pornography’ and ‘fornication’].”
It is also interesting that under Saddam Hussein’s regime pornography was “strictly forbidden.” Since Saddam was not known for his religious fervor, why would he have “forbidden” porn? Could it be that Saddam recognized that pornography was detrimental to society? Did he understand that allowing open sale of pornography would cause political unrest?
It is also interesting that the AP writer would attribute interest in sexually violent pornography to the effects that “indiscriminate violence” has had on the Iraqi people. Earlier this month, a U.S. citizen living in Montana made a complaint to the www.obscenitycrimes.org tipline about a hardcore pornographic website that provided links for (among other things) “anal rape,” “forced sex,” and “beaten.” The website has connections to California and the Netherlands.
It is also interesting that the AP writer, who concedes that the videos he observed “ranged to the startlingly extreme, including bestiality” would describe these videos as “spicy.” The word “spicy” is defined in part as, “Slightly scandalous; risqué: a spicy Hollywood romance” (www.thefreedictionary.com).
Not surprisingly, the AP writer quoted an unnamed Iraqi official who said authorities “currently have bigger challenges than cracking down on porn vendors...” That is also the thinking of the Obama administration, which has turned a blind eye to the proliferation of hardcore adult pornography on the Internet and elsewhere and the adverse affects of that proliferation on our own nation.
goatsex
Free enterprise! That’s great.
I applaud the entrepreneurs.
might calm those lunatics down
Needs barf alert.
I suppose that women being treated as objects represents progress in Iraqi society.
[cue Minnie Riperton]
Lovin’ ewe is easy cause ewe’re beautiful
Makin’ love with ewe is all I wanna do
Lovin’ ewe is more than just a dream come true
And everything that I do is out of lovin’ ewe
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Do do do do do...
Ooooooooh.
No one else can make me feel
The colors that ewe bring
Stay with me while we grow old
And we will live each day in springtime
Cause lovin’ ewe has made my life so beautiful
And every day my life is filled with lovin’ ewe
Lovin’ ewe I see ewe’s soul come shinin’ through
And every time that we oooooh
I’m more in love with ewe
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Do do do do do...
Ooooooooh.
[cue the Flamingos]
My love must be a kind of blind love...
I can’t see anyone but ewe...
(doowopshoowop...doowopshoowop...)
Are the stars out tonight?
I can’t tell if it’s cloudy or bright...
I only have eyes...for ewe...dear...
The moon may be high
But I can’t see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes...for ewe...
I can’t tell if we’re in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue...
Ewe are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes...
For ewe....
This will be used to fire up hatred of western culture. I don't see this as good news.
Good for them. Everyone should have the opportunity to have some porn!
Shows those religious Islamic wackos are losing their grasp.
Maybe a new market for producers.
A vocal segment of the population has serious concerns about the effect of pornography in society and challenges its public use and acceptance. This manuscript reviews the major issues associated with the availability of sexually explicit material. It has been found everywhere scientifically investigated that as pornography has increased in availability, sex crimes have either decreased or not increased. It is further been found that sexual erotica has not only wide spread personal acceptance and use but general tolerance for its availability to adults. This attitude is seen by both men and women and not only in urban communities but also in reputed conservative ones as well. Further this finding holds nationally in the United States and in widely different countries around the world. Indeed, no country where this matter has been scientifically studied has yet been found to think pornography ought be restricted from adults. The only consistent finding is that adults prefer to have the material restricted from children’s production or use. [emph added]
In burkas?
No thank you im trying to cut down
Bessie Does Baghdad
Well what was that line Rush Limbaugh has said about exporting liberalism.
Yeah, that would certainly be a major change in a Muslim society. /s
Interesting that New Zealand comes in top three for goat sex searches and Atlanta is one of the ten biggest goat sex searching cities on Earth.
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