Addiction To Porn Destroying Lives, Senate Told.

SFGate.com ^ | November 18, 2004 | Connie Cass

[MisterRepublican]

Comparing pornography to heroin, researchers on Thursday called on Congress to finance studies on "porn addiction" and launch a public health campaign about the dangers.

"We're so afraid to talk about sex in our society that we really give carte blanche to the people who are producing this kind of material," said James B. Weaver, a Virginia Tech professor who studies the impact of pornography.

Internet pornography is corrupting children and hooking adults into an addiction that threatens their jobs and families, a panel of anti-porn advocates told the hearing organized by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., chairman of the Commerce subcommittee on science.

Brownback, a father of five, said when he was a boy, the typical kid's exposure was limited to occasional peeks at dirty magazines illicitly obtained by a buddy.

[NeoCaveman]

And then they called a blue ribbon panel to research porn. Sorry no more applications being accepted.

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[King Prout]

It's STILL you.

this from someone who thinks his will trumps that of the site admin.

*whistling in awe*

[blackdog]

Actually pornography has been around for all of recorded history. There were some pretty bizare standards of entertainment in centuries long ago. The odd part is that such activities are always part of the list of things to do for the upper classes or nobility. The poor working shmuck since we started walking upright has been too busy trying to survive childhood, violence, wars, and working himself to death by thirty five years than to get too motivated by pornography. That's an activity for the culturally enlightened bunch. Mush like a Kennedy bash on the Cape.

[the invisib1e hand]

a similar flaw of a weak mind?

Exactly!! Weak minds, that's it. MUST rid society of WEAK MINDS -- get them out of the gene pool! You go first.

[Army Air Corps]

This thread makes me think of the discoveries our boys made in Ouday's and Quosay's residences. Remember the accounts regarding the TONS of porn. One or both of these freaks had enough porn to make Larry Flint blush. Couple that with Ouday's proclivity for kidnapping women to rape them. People were dehumanized in the minds of these slimebags. Admiring the form of the opposite sex is one thing; objectifiying the opposite sex is something altogether different and perverse.

[af_vet_1981]

no, I am not a "closet leftist",

You are, by your own admission, a liberal and a feminist.

Then again, you could just be lying.

[af_vet_1981]

"People who are addicted will do or say anything to defend their addiction."

Bump for truth

[blackdog]

It feels unfamiliar to me. I must be in denial.

[the invisib1e hand]

Another nanny state supporter? Clockwork Orange is not the world I want to live in.

then move to amsterdam. in this country, the people are the government, via their representatives, of whom Sen. Brownback is one. When they speak, he speaks.

If you don't like the kind of government intervention that comes from self government as envisioned by the founders, you really won't feel at home here.

[af_vet_rr]

same words used during the 19th century - and the 20th century - now the 21st century

Shhh!!! Don't let anybody know that! After all, we can use it to give the nanny, I mean government, more power, money, etc. Joe Liebermann must be loving this. Maybe he'll get his dream where the government monitors movies, tv, internet, etc. to "protect the children".

[F16Fighter]

"*whistling in awe*

And I'd assume from every orifice.

[Texas Deb]

I'm not sure what you mean by a weak mind, and I'm not any expert on addictions, but I do think some people are more prone to addictions. And I guess one could be addicted to anything - it's just some addictions are more destructive than others.

[King Prout]

hey, brainiac - try re-reading the ENTIRETY of post #35.
oh, no, let me spare you the effort of taxing your phenomenal intellect... here is the relevant line:

"Note, however, that I do not say that the religion or its Object are destroying lives - the addiction of certain weak individuals to them are. In the same vein: "porn" destroys no porn consumer: the addiction of certain weak individuals to porn might be.

[af_vet_1981]

This thread makes me think of the discoveries our boys made in Ouday's and Quosay's residences. Remember the accounts regarding the TONS of porn. One or both of these freaks had enough porn to make Larry Flint blush. Couple that with Ouday's proclivity for kidnapping women to rape them. People were dehumanized in the minds of these slimebags First Amendment Advocates and Libertarians ...

[DestroytheDemocrats]

"and in some cases their lonely wretched deaths? "

Porn addiction and religious fanaticism are not the same thing. Your post was an OBVIOUS STAB at religious people who believe porn is immoral. Not all religious people become fanatics. Not all porn viewers become addicted. But even a little PORN is inherently immoral. Whereas being religious even to excess is not inherently immoral.

[King Prout]

social liberal and realistic feminist.
do try to use complete citations.
strawmwn are so trite.

[the invisib1e hand]

certain weak individuals

please define.

[King Prout]

see #133, and do try to read with your eyes open this time.

[the invisib1e hand]

"FR posting guidelines preclude an accurate assessment of you."

you already know that I think you're a twit. but this was funny.

[F16Fighter]

Thanks for pointing out your very weak disclaimer.

Next time re-read before you post and edit the idiocy.