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On the offensive to protect marriages from assault of porn
The Virginian Pilot ^ | 1/14/06 | Jacey Eckhart

Posted on 01/14/2006 12:02:09 PM PST by wagglebee

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To: PJ-Comix

*laughing*

You're too much. *shakes head*


161 posted on 01/14/2006 4:41:52 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: bordergal

And you believe that without porn she would have been an honorably and faithful wife? Incredibly naive.


162 posted on 01/14/2006 4:42:58 PM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
Your words are in English, but I can't understand what you mean.

Lo siento.

163 posted on 01/14/2006 4:43:23 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: fr_freak
You honestly don't see a difference between looking at your wife in lacy underwear by candlelight and looking at some other woman getting penetrated in various ways by a genetic anomaly nicknamed "the Elephant Man" ?

If we're enjoying it together and it enhances our enjoyment, no, I don't.

164 posted on 01/14/2006 4:44:05 PM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: Celtjew Libertarian

Bad analogy - both are food products. Unless you're in the habit of marinading your spouse.

Within the bonds of marriage, there are two people as God made them - anything ancillary to what God has already given you is unnecessary. And if you're relying on those things just to have a good time, then you've got serious problems.

What happens when the "odd" thing doesn't work anymore? Or when the "spice" is no longer "spicy"? How much further does it go?

See, that's the real danger with porography. It's never stationary - it's always progressing to the next level once you become jaded to the current level. Like with any addiction, it only increases, never decreases.

In fact, porography is a worse addiction because it's all mental. With cigarettes, you can physically throw them away - with porn it's burned into your mind, always ready to tempt you to go deeper. Sin is never stagnant, it always seeks a greater infection.


165 posted on 01/14/2006 4:50:30 PM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Good, now grab my arm. Other arm. MY other arm.")
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To: PJ-Comix

Ahora mismo, no comprendo nada.


166 posted on 01/14/2006 4:51:15 PM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Good, now grab my arm. Other arm. MY other arm.")
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To: wagglebee
Or this could simply mean that a smaller percentage of society is married.

You're big on assumptions.

167 posted on 01/14/2006 4:51:29 PM PST by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: PJ-Comix
Don't forget--As advertised in the ACME Inc. Valentine's Day catalog, but not actually endorsed by Antonio Banderas himself...
168 posted on 01/14/2006 4:51:54 PM PST by rzeznikj at stout (This is a darkroom. Keep the door closed or you'll let all the dark out...)
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To: RMDupree
I took a tour boat ride on New Years Day out to the islands in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach. Anyway, the tour guided pointed out the mansion of Antonio Banderas on one of the islands and I'm thinking, "This guy is wealthy, famous, and got tons of hot chicks after him yet he is maintaining his fidelidad for the airhead that looks like a catcher's mitt...RIIIIIGHT!!!"

BTW, in a few weeks check out my new DUmmie FUnnies Audio Podcast. It will, of course, be about the DUmmies but ALSO much more...including Sexual Purity Kits. (Remember, it is a COMEDY show.)

169 posted on 01/14/2006 4:54:08 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: Melas
Your post is way too rooted in reality to gain any acceptence here.

ROFLMAO, but a trifle sadly, as the truth will probably become evident.

170 posted on 01/14/2006 4:55:59 PM PST by Gorzaloon
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To: wagglebee
It seemed too old fashioned a solution for a time when pornography is as available as a paper-wrapped burger.

This writer is completely out of date. The most graphic magazine available on any military base world wide is Maxim. Possessing or distributing pornography in any form is against military rules and is punished. Downloading it onto computers is illegal, particularly military ones is very illegal. Since I doubt most soldiers in Iraq have their own computers and connections it may not be as prevalent as he is suggesting. No doubt it is there, but I don't think it is as serious as this article makes out.

171 posted on 01/14/2006 4:57:18 PM PST by Casloy
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To: PJ-Comix

~snicker~ Will do.

Even though I can't agree on the whole "porn-is-harmless" idea.

And Melanie Griffith actually looked decent before she started playing with the plastic. :-/


172 posted on 01/14/2006 4:57:46 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: fr_freak
genetic anomaly nicknamed "the Elephant Man

You're behind the times. I've changed my stage name to Rhinoceros to avoid legal entanglements.

173 posted on 01/14/2006 4:58:59 PM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
Bad analogy - both are food products. Unless you're in the habit of marinading your spouse.

Me? No... But the other way around... Well, put it this way, chocolate syrup and chest hair don't mix.

But I just realized the problem with this discussion. Because it's about porn, we're discussion marriage as if sex is the only component of it.

But my wife isn't just my lover. She's my best friend -- check that -- she's my best buddy. There are a lot of things we enjoy outside of sex, from offbeat movies to sushi to science fiction to just driving down road we've never been on before to see what's there.

There's nothing overly sexual about any of that... But you know what? Being good friends enhances the appeal, which enhances the sex. Having common interests enhances the appeal, which enhances the sex. Heck, the first thing my wife ever noticed about me was she overheard me talking about property rights -- and that turned her on, before she ever saw me.

And porn? Up thread, I mentioned that we each brought a porn collection into the marriage. That's not just a sexual enhancement. That's a common interest. That's a friendship enhancement. The better the friendship, the better the sex.

BTW, as a side note, I've noticed the (natural) emphasis on porn as a visual device. While visual porn does have a lot of appeal, for me, it's pornographic literature that really turns me on, more than pictures or videos do.

174 posted on 01/14/2006 5:04:17 PM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: Melas
genetic anomaly nicknamed "the Elephant Man

You're behind the times. I've changed my stage name to Rhinoceros to avoid legal entanglement

You did? In that case, I withdraw the copyright infringement suit.

175 posted on 01/14/2006 5:06:10 PM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: Sarah
I think this, like most things, are different for different people. I have a friend that right now is living hell with her husband who has refused to have sex with her since she doesn't look like the 'women on the internet'. What's she to do? She's got 3 little kids, and is pretty decent, a little overweight, but really pretty and friendly. I think that she should take her husband's credit and spring for a complete overhaul...

I think she should take her husband's HOUSE and spring for someone who doesn't play with himself on the Internet.

And just what does THIS STUD look like now???

My wife is no longer the fox I married, and I am no longer the Playgirl Centerfold. But we are realists- people grow up, old, and out. That's what the whole DEAL is about.

Grrrr.

176 posted on 01/14/2006 5:07:21 PM PST by Gorzaloon
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To: Gorzaloon
But we are realists- people grow up, old, and out. That's what the whole DEAL is about.

One more reason to make sure your spouse is also your friend.

A friend of my wife (and now of me), gave my wife some advice, when she was deciding whether to marry me. "Is he someone you would like to hang out with, if he was a woman? If he is, marry him. If he isn't, don't."

That's good advice that's too rarely taken.

177 posted on 01/14/2006 5:13:21 PM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: fr_freak
Heck, people here are even claiming it helps marriages. In my opinion, that's just plain delusional.

You can't tell someone who speaks from experience that he is delusional. That's just a non-starter.

my question is: why can't you become excited looking at pictures of your own spouse?

Because she refuses to pose for me. Perhaps you can recommend a stratagem?

Why is it that your spouse is not enough to get you excited?

The flaw in your argument is that, for some people, their spouse just isn't enough. It's all well and good to say, "then just make do" or "that means there's something wrong with you", but putting aside the porn will not cure that. At least with the porn, they share some intimacy. Do you really think that by closing that off, they're going to improve their relationship?

Personally, I have rather the opposite problem: my spouse's main objection to porn is that I already pester her too much without the additional stimulation.

I have a little too much to drink now and then, but I would never hold up that behavior as helathy or virtuous.

One or two drinks per day really is optimal for health. All things in moderation.

If you're not careful, you'll start out watching two people making love on a picnic blanket out in a meadow, and a few months later you'll be satisfied by nothing less than a six-way orgy involving major appliances, both electric and gas-powered, barn animals, and a bull-whip.

Now you're delusional. Oh, er, wait...nevermind.

178 posted on 01/14/2006 5:19:11 PM PST by Physicist
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To: Hildy
Could it be REPRESSION????

Ah, you're right. I've been holding it all inside. But now I'll let it out: I LOATHE YOU AND ALL THE OTHER LIBERTARIAN TYPES ON THIS FORUM WHO STUPIDLY EQUATE FREEDOM WITH THE PURSUIT OF THEIR FAVORITE VICES! Now, I feel much better. So you can go inflict your psychobabble on somebody else.

179 posted on 01/14/2006 5:23:00 PM PST by madprof98
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To: madprof98

Don't hold back. Tell us what you REALLY think.


180 posted on 01/14/2006 5:26:36 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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