History Pornagraphy
Posted on 11/18/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I consider allowing wants and passions to rule the will, rather than imposing the opposite hierarchy, to be weakness.
The causes may be various (perhaps biological, perhaps social, perhaps spiritual, perhaps something else), but the result is the same: weakness.
Good Riddance! You have no idea what is depressing! A so-called conservative president just got re-elected and already he's pushing mandatory mental screening of children under the Orwellian "New freedom initiative". Then we have bleeding-heart moralists such as yourself who want to grow big stupid goverment even furthur at the expense of all of our freedoms.
Yeah who the hell cares about the constitution when we can push another multi-billion dollar government funded "treatment" program this time for porn addicts and destroy the freedom of the internet while your at it.
Rant off
the only "edit" was emphasis proven necessary for the hard-of-thinking.
yes, that means you.
AMEN!!!!! It has just broke up one of my children's marriage!!!!
now, to those who think pornography is as harmless as a the McDonald's dollar menu, I'll spell out for you where you're at:
d-e-n-i-a-l.
Wow! That is VERY unfortunate. My condolences and prayers to your whole family.
This isn't about you or your friend; it's much bigger than that.
If your friend is that weak of character it would be something else: alcohol, drugs, gambling...
Adults are supposed to make adult choices.
well, tell that to King Prout and others here.
History Pornagraphy
You obviously live in a very small world and don't get to see much of the outside. Medical research shows that people with a faith in God are happier, healthier, and wealthier than the naysayers.
> Or require that ever other picture viewed
> is a pose by Hillary, Madeleine Albright,
> Donna Shalala, Janet Reno, or Helen Thomas.
LOL. Aren't they already all booked up serving as the "72 virgins"?
Victims everywhere, and no ONE is responsible!!
Afraid to talk about sex? We talk about nothing else in this society! What planet is this professor from? Ah, yes. . .Academia!
Wait a second. You joined FR tomorrow just to beat your personal dead horse? Nutcases of all stripes are really irritating. Stick to tobacco, it attracts more support.
I like Senator Brownback, too. The more I learn about him, the more I think he could be a viable successor to President Bush. He has the moral values that are becoming more and more appreciated in this country, red states and blue.
Wouldn't it be fun to have a big family back in the White House, like in the days of Teddy Roosevelt?
Pro-abortion/statist/athieist.
Tell us -- should we bother with an 'age of consent'?
Scary, isn't it.
James Madison to Joseph C. Cabell
13 Feb. 1829
Letters 4:14--15
For a like reason, I made no reference to the "power to regulate commerce among the several States." I always foresaw that difficulties might be started in relation to that power which could not be fully explained without recurring to views of it, which, however just, might give birth to specious though unsound objections. Being in the same terms with the power over foreign commerce, the same extent, if taken literally, would belong to it. Yet it is very certain that it grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government, in which alone, however, the remedial power could be lodged.
They came back on the market again after Arafat's quota was filled with Rock Hudson, Liberace, et al.
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