It is amazing out of almost 600 post yall and a few I prob missed are the only ones that show some sense here
For the Record, I am not supporting Allen in any 08 primary bid but I hope and pray he gets elected to the Senate
Now, it is no disservice to perhaps point out that maybe just maybe using this in a Allen campaign ad or as a theme in the closing weeks is stupid
I keep hearing the word "porn" being used all the place. If people think that is a great theme may I suggest that many grandmas and grandpaws and other chruch going folks that read Romance novels or Stepehn King Books or James Bond books might not cotten to the idea they are being told they are reading porn
Can anyone actually say that the above quotes are sexually arousing. I read similar stuff off books I would get at Walmart as a 15 year old in various Horror/sci-fi and adventure stories. Trust me, at that age idiot boys are looking for anything thats is porn and the above aint it.
The point being I think making a major deal of this stuff is going to make us look like idiots.
As to the scene with the kid. I have to imagine he is basing that on something. One gets a sense when reading the whole paragraph that there is something going on here that is not sex.
Arousing? No. Sick and twisted beyond belief? Yes.
You're untroubled by the vagina scene picking up bananas? Obviously, that's needed in any good novel.
What does "arousing" have to do with it? People don't object to pornography because it is "arousing" but rather because it cheapens and twists the meaning and value of sexuality into a destructive rather than positive force.
Sometimes men can be aroused by a particular scent. Women can be aroused by a few kind words. "That which arouses" is, thankfully, not the definition of pornography. Indeed people who steer away from pornography tend to be more easily aroused than those that pursue pornography. But, generally speaking, they tend to be more responsible with arousing situations, and make a life habit of saying "no" to inappropriate opportunities.
As a practicing and believing Catholic, Webb's writings are disturbing to me to say the least. Especially for someone running for high office.