Posted on 03/21/2007 9:14:58 AM PDT by Frank Sheed
You can also use the Comstock laws. Their biggest contribution to American history was to make Margaret Sanger a celebrity.
LOL What, stop the world's oldest profession?
How?
The wankers will be out in force trying to defend and rationalize their perversion ...
Can't find the off button?
Sheeesh......
What a stupid comment. By the time children - or adults - realize that it is porn, they have already been exposed to it.
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Who can better be objective, one who is addicted to pornography, or one who is not?
I dunno about your children, or you, but a titillating picture on the Internet is not pornography, it's a tease designed to get you to register to a site.
Frankly, I have not seen one of these teases in over a year, since better controls were invented to counter redirects and porn bombs.
I would agree that those were offensive to the average computer user. They have been dealt with effectively and without using a sledge hammer to fix a dent.
What you folks are proposing, is akin to book burning and a direct violation of free speech.
This is not something that fly with the courts, or most conservatives, not to mention populists, or any majority.
If you have problems with kids or adults accessing things you don't want them to see for any reason, the best way to address this is at the keyboard.
I would prefer to keep the internet free, and the gambling ban was onerous and offensive to me, even though I do not gamble!
Let's not go down the road that you are trying to pave, because I promise you that I will be standing in your way, no mater what issue you decide is offensive to you.
".......and you have heard it said that thou shalt not committ adultery but I tell you that anyone who looks lustfully on a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
Those who place this sort of temptation in the way of fallen human nature face a terrible judgment. This applies not only to pornographers but those in the fashion and popular music and entertainment industries. So much of modern popular culture is aimed precisely at generating those impulses which Jesus condemns.
Saying "if you don't like it don't look at it", just doesn't cut it. It ignores a) fallen human nature b) a basic human right not to be afflicted with this sort of perversity and temptation and c) the destructive effects which it has on families, relationships and human dignity.
The good news is that we have a choice. We can either curb our own addiction to moral depravity or we can let the Muslims do it for us when they round up all the pornographers and slit their throats. 'Course, they'll probably slit ours as well but by then true Christians will probably prefer this to continued living in Sodom.
Thanks for your incisive comments. You seem to understand the gravity of what happens when man's every "wish" can come true. What happens when the "computer virtual reality world" literally leads people to act out latent desires to the point where they die of exhaustion?
The movie, "Forbidden Planet," demonstrated the effect of "monsters from the Id." The movie was way ahead of its time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804482/posts
How appropriate. I stumbled upon this in the Breaking News forum!
Nice loaded question . . . "addicted" to pornography . . . as if.
Asking a priest for relationship or sexual advice is like asking your dog for help with your differential equations homework.
Not really. This kind of crap is hackneyed, gay, and humorous---nothing to write home about. Don't flatter yourself.
Thank you for proving my point.
Yawn.
I take it unfounded accusations don't count as "bearing false witness" as long as they're implied, and not explicit.
If you can.
Commentary posted on this thread has already demonstrated the truth of my prediction. I have little doubt that it will continue to do so.
If you can.
Commentary posted on this thread has already demonstrated the truth of my prediction. I have little doubt that it will continue to do so.
I think you erred when you thought that simply accusing everyone who disgarees with you of being a "pornographer or pornography user" was actually an argument.
I do see the irony, from a worldly point of view. But, I also know that the truest book I have ever read that dealt with love and marriage was "Love and Responsibility" by Pope John Paul II. The Catholics "get it"-- in fact, I think that they're the last true romantics left in this world. They KNOW what a marriage is supposed to be. Whether that came from the bible, or the Holy Spirit, or centuries of study of human nature, I don't know. But if you don't believe me, read the book.
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