[LauraleeBraswell]

It's an interesting question.

[Halls]

IMO, it should be illegal.

[Rightly Biased]

I heard an interesting question the other day.

"Defend Pornography tell me its endearing qualities?"

[Redcloak]

The solution is to legalize prostitution. How you choose to screw up your life is your business, not the goverment's.

[Killborn]

Fed Gov should not enforce such laws. Leave it to the states.

But the problem is not with the laws but with culture. Restructuring a moral culture will help create a population that is much less tolerant of pornography and the like. People will avoid it out of moral conscience or fear of shame.

[nopardons]

Pornography has been around since mankind mastered drawing, the written word,and live sex shows.If this subject interests you,go read up on it,instead of looking for attention on FR.

And prostitution has,since the dawn of time,involved more people than just the prostitute and the "john"!FYI...even in ancient times,when prostitution was legal,pornography wasn't!

Another silly question from you? Not enough homework to keep you occupied,dear?

[Borges]

Who decides what's porn and what isn't? Lolita? Romeo and Juliet? Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure? The Symposium?

[xm177e2]

Why shouldn't we have the right to privately handle sexual matters between consenting adults? If that means prostitution, voyeurism, adultery, fornication, sadomasochism, role-playing, use of sex toys, etc. etc. etc. I don't see why the gov't should step in at all.

The gov't should treat prostitution as a business arrangement, like buying food: there are regulations and health/safety standards, but otherwise the government doesn't tell you what to eat.

[Sloth]

No, pornography should not be illegal. We have to have something to do outside New York City.

[Cedar]

Making something legal tends to "normalize" it.

It would have a terrible effect, I think, on the minds of people to suddenly have pornography be considered legal/normal.

It's like calling "evil" to be "good."

Once you begin to lose all moral foundations, then society crumbles....maybe it's a slow crumble, but still it falls.

Think of the effect, for example, on people's minds (and hearts) if child prostitution were suddenly legalized/normalized.

Without moral boundaries, society falls into depravity.

[trumandogz]

Who should set the standard for what is porn and what is not?

[jla]

Should pornography be illegal?
Are we or aren't we a nation under God?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Pornography has been around for over one hundred years, since the time of the camera,

Small correction. Pornography has been around for several thousand years. In fact one of the oldest bits of Egyptian writing that we have is a ummm... instruction book with illustrations.

[A CA Guy]

Sounds like a typical libertarian question to me.
They see no right in wrong compared to most people. Porn, drugs is OK to them and this thread is nothing new or that interesting a question.
I think it just expresses the muck they live in their minds with.

[Horatio Gates]

Prostitution: one adult pays another adult for sex- is illegal

Prostitution is not something exclusively involving adults.

[Clemenza]

Making pornography illegal is about as pointless as making prostitution illegal. You actually think those ads for "escorts" in the Village Voice are for someone to take you to your car at night?

With the proliferation of the internet, banning porn is all but impossible.

[Lazamataz]

No.

[infidel29]

We're already viewed as prudes world wide over obscenity laws. Not that the rest of the world should influence our moral standards. Legal prostitution would cause a flood onto the welfare roles, free medical requests and a wave of new diseases could arise. Although it could be taxable income, not to mention allowing a certain sect of society to 'use what skills they posess.'

Pornography....hell I don't know. It isn't a victimless crime, but what does it say when we ask the government to tell others what they can or cannot do with their free time? As an artist, I've had a different view of the human body and nudity beaten into my head. A scantily clad person can be just as erotic and far more beautiful than a sweaty couple In Flagrato. IMO

[curiosity]

Make it illegal. If something immoral is not illegal, eventually it will get subsidized. Germany already forces unemployed women to go into the sex industry. It will happen here too.

[nickcarraway]

Concerned Women for America say No

Are you sure? I would think they would say yes.

[fishing1]

Just as it is for anyone in leadership, Americans must face the fact that self-destructive morality should not be regulated. We must have the courage to let the damned be damned.