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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.
1 posted on 11/06/2007 9:05:59 AM PST by SubGeniusX
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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

2 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)
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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!

3 posted on 11/06/2007 9:08:50 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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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

4 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)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szxqfvwAlFQ


5 posted on 11/06/2007 9:10:37 AM PST by BGHater (Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
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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?


6 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.")
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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.


7 posted on 11/06/2007 9:13:39 AM PST by dmz
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So, contrary to feminist dogma, sexual assaults really do have something to do with sex??? Who knew?
8 posted on 11/06/2007 9:14:35 AM PST by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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Clemson University economist Todd Kendall

wow...so, more kiddie porn for the child molesters is the answer...

9 posted on 11/06/2007 9:14:44 AM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Member VRWC - Volvo-owning right-wing conspiracy.)
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To: SolidWood

Great freeper name to be posting on this thread with. :)


10 posted on 11/06/2007 9:15:14 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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Viewing pornography does make some people want to beat something.


11 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)
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I have visited the Playboy web site.

But only to read the articles.


12 posted on 11/06/2007 9:17:48 AM PST by MplsSteve
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Just more Libertarian (Libertine) propaganda. This wasn’t worth even reading.


13 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)
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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?

14 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)
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hmm I’d rather have the NY after Rudy closed the sex shops than the crime ridden NY before Rudy


15 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.)
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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. ;)


16 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)
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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?

17 posted on 11/06/2007 9:21:53 AM PST by SubGeniusX (The People have UNENUMERATED RIGHTS ... the Govt. does NOT have UNENUMERATED POWERS)
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Gee, the BENEFITS of porn, LOL.

Perhaps the author should ponder the impact of DNA testing.


18 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)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

LOL good catch!!


19 posted on 11/06/2007 9:24:26 AM PST by StayoutdaBushesWay
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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.


20 posted on 11/06/2007 9:25:11 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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