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Moral Absolutes Ping.

Another article about the porn star attending the fundraising dinner with Bush etc. The reason I am pinging this one out is because of the heated discussion on the thread. Some of you might want to chime in.

Some people consider porn harmless or even beneficial. I do not and I think it is poor judgement on the part of the presidents' people to have the whore and her pimp attending the dinner.

If the Republican party is going to go the way of "fiscally conservative and socially liberal" a lot of people who vote "R" will vote "R" no longer. Another point is that the fiscally conservative/socially liberal philosophy is schizophrenic and begets huge social problems which demand more money, so it quickly turns into "socially liberal and fiscally liberal". As in gov't money for AIDS patients, welfare for abandoned mothers and children, methadone clinics, increased police for punks raised with no fathers creating mayhem, etc.

Let me know if you want on/off this pinglist.

Limited government, the absence of welfare state programs, and a free market economy place additional burdens upon the general public to conduct themselves in a moral manner. The upright atmosphere of the "repressive" Victorian era was far more the result of cultural injunctions against sloth, promiscuity, drunkenness, etc., and the effects of failure to live morally (poverty, venereal diseases, early death, etc.) than by various blue laws in force at that time. There is a historical parallel between the decline in adherence to traditional, Biblically based morality and the rise of the welfare state. (BTW, this decline started well before the 1960s.)

A society where pornography is as available as hot dogs and motor oil is incapable of sustaining the form of government that our Founding Fathers intended. As in the Roman Empire, central power will increase and liberty decrease as morals grow more debased.

I remember when Mary ran for governor here. She's around my two older daughter's ages, and I felt sorry for her. She's such a pretty girl, and doesn't understand how the porn industry will chew her up and spit her out. Remember Linda Lovelace? How about Savannah?

Imo, porn does have the capacity to harm oneself and loved ones. It can be an addiction just like drugs, alcohol, or gambling.

As far as her appearance at this fundraising dinner, as long as she and her escort behave appropriately, then what the heck? Considering the human crud that hung out in the White House during the Clinton years, she ain't that bad. Of course I think it's in poor taste, but we can hope for her to wake up, and follow a different path in life.