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Is Pornography a Catalyst of Sexual Violence? (Recent research suggests the opposite is true.)
Reason Online ^
| November 5, 2007
| Steve Chapman
Posted on 11/06/2007 9:05:58 AM PST by SubGeniusX
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But if expanding the availability of hard-core fare doesn't prevent rapes, we can be confident from the experience of recent years that it certainly doesn't cause such crimes. Whether you think porn is a constitutionally protected form of expression or a vile blight that should be eradicated, this discovery should come as very good news.
To: SubGeniusX
Libertarians don't see externalities. They see pot use and looking at porn as individual recreational pursuits and the government should just bugger off!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:08:28 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SubGeniusX
One Nielsen survey found that one out of every four users say they visited adult sites in the last month. Three users out of four are lying!
To: Hemingway's Ghost
Google sex on the Internet and you'll find out how many porn sites the term brings up. Zillions and not the PG-13 rated kind, if you know what I mean.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:10:21 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SubGeniusX
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:10:37 AM PST
by
BGHater
(Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
To: goldstategop
I am not a libertarian, but what is government according to you supposed to do about porn? Ban it? What are the penalties? How do you define porn? Would we end up banning underwear catalogues too?
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:12:22 AM PST
by
SolidWood
("I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.")
To: goldstategop
Libertarians don’t see externalities. They see pot use and looking at porn as individual recreational pursuits and the government should just bugger off!
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OK. But are you quarreling with the statistics Chapman brings to the party? Porn access way up and rape/sexual assaults way down.
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:13:39 AM PST
by
dmz
To: SubGeniusX
So, contrary to feminist dogma, sexual assaults really do have something to do with sex??? Who knew?
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:14:35 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
(I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
To: SubGeniusX
Clemson University economist Todd Kendallwow...so, more kiddie porn for the child molesters is the answer...
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:14:44 AM PST
by
LearnsFromMistakes
(Member VRWC - Volvo-owning right-wing conspiracy.)
To: SolidWood
Great freeper name to be posting on this thread with. :)
To: SubGeniusX
Viewing pornography does make some people want to beat something.
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:17:02 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: SubGeniusX
I have visited the Playboy web site.
But only to read the articles.
To: SubGeniusX
Just more Libertarian (Libertine) propaganda. This wasn’t worth even reading.
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:17:53 AM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: goldstategop
Libertarians don't see externalities. They see pot use and looking at porn as individual recreational pursuits and the government should just bugger off!
What do you propose the government do about people who want to look at porn?
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:18:36 AM PST
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
To: SubGeniusX
hmm I’d rather have the NY after Rudy closed the sex shops than the crime ridden NY before Rudy
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:19:25 AM PST
by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: SubGeniusX
Japan has always been the example - the most hard-core and violent pornography in the world, and yet a surprisingly low violent sex crime rate...despite a society that remains male-dominated at a level right out of Gloria Steinem’s nightmares. ;)
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:20:54 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: goldstategop
They see pot use and looking at porn as individual recreational pursuits and the government should just bugger off!and there is somthing wrong with that?
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:21:53 AM PST
by
SubGeniusX
(The People have UNENUMERATED RIGHTS ... the Govt. does NOT have UNENUMERATED POWERS)
To: SubGeniusX
Gee, the BENEFITS of porn, LOL.
Perhaps the author should ponder the impact of DNA testing.
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posted on
11/06/2007 9:24:25 AM PST
by
donna
(Pornography can reach out and snatch a kid out of any house today. - Ted Bundy)
To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
To: SolidWood
There is already a legal definition of obscenity, so if porn is obscene, then it is not protected by the first amendment and can be banned. Accepting money for sex acts is prostitution even if you film it, so the producers of pornography should be charged with prostitution. This is the way it was always done before deviant perverted liberals corrupted our legal system.
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