Posted on 02/18/2002 11:57:50 PM PST by Cindy
"ADULT CONTENT"
by Cindy Furnare
The term "adult content" should bring to mind an informative document of substance. Unfortunately, just like the word "gay" has been perverted; so has the term "adult content."
Truly it is disgusting to be bombarded by "adult content" e- mails which you would NEVER sign up for. There is nothing "adult" about these "adult content" e-mails. As a matter of fact, the term "sick and perverted" accurately describes these "adult content" e-mails.
Well, the internet search engines which include "adult content" are not any better. Perverts on the internet are not behaving like "adults" and their "content" is outright pornographic. Why "adult content" is included in any search engine is beyond me.
So, shut off your computer and turn on the TV. You have to search around a bit with the remote and finally you find a good program to watch. Unfortunately, as you channel surf; you realize that disgusting movies and "adult" channels are becoming more prominent as television enters the "adult" stage for at-home viewers.
Frankly speaking, our politically correct society has given the nod to the normalization of perversion. How much perversion will our society tolerate before we grow up, act like adults, protect our children and save our society?
Will all the men and women of high moral fiber stand up now and XXX out the obscenity in our society? You can start at home by tolerating only decency and honesty. Make this the normal standard in your household. Be an upright person filled with integrity. Carry your high moral standard with you at all times --- at home, at work, at church and in your community. Let your character shine as a beacon of light in this dark world filled with evil.
Maybe someday, we can gayly define the term "adult content" in a bright light that won't bring shame upon our society.
Maybe....
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DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS:
adult: "A person who has attained the age of maturity or legal majority."
content: "Subject matter; substance, as of a document" gay: "Happy and carefree; merry"
pervert: "To turn to an improper use or purpose; misapply"
pornography: "Obscene literature or art"
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Conservative Education Forum "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." -from THE BIBLE: I Corinthians 15:57
The fact that some small number of men who look at porn commit criminal or evil acts does not mean that the solution is to make porn a crime. That is based on the notion that the rights of individuals is based solely on the behavior of the few miscreants found in any society. I do not subscribe to that view. I regard it as a cowardly retreat from crime and evil. Attacking me may be easier and safer than attacking a criminal, but it solves nothing.
Among 932 sex addicts, 90% of the men and 77% of the women reported pornography as significant to their addictions
I'm not surprised they would say that. Dodging responsibility for one's problems is always an easy way out.
I do commend you for not running to the government to ban behavior you don't like, and I fully support your right to speak out against it.
Only if we let them. Unfortunatly, while you personally aren't calling for govt control, many of your allies or people who claim to be your allies, are. Joe LIEberman is the most notorious. Brent Bozell is calling for it. The fascist Bill Bennett is another. So is Bill Klinton pushing for it.
That's why your side gets so much hostility from libertarians. The key word is GOVERNMENT.
You seem to believe that this country is a big heaving sea of fornication. You must live in a different country than I. It's hard to get a date at all where I live. Oh, I know. That's caused by porn too. Everything is. Well, I can see how simple that makes things.
I use this forum to speak out--I don't impose myself on anyone. I just try and sway people in the arena of ideas.
I'm worn out from trying to debate 10 people at once. Have a nice evening. Regards. =)
Surely you can see that we have some control over the matter. If we did not, we would be like boats without rudders, pushed this way and that anytime an idea or picture or image appeared. I don't think Joe Camel made anyone smoke. I don't think Playboy makes anyone a pervert. I don't think guns make people into killers. Where would morality fit into a world where such things actually happened?
To you, I'm sure it is. To me it is not. I decide what I think and feel, about women or anything else.
I asked you how your position could be a "moral absolute". Your answer seems to be "because I said so". Even if I knew you to be an authority on such matters, that would not be good enough. As it is, I don't know who you are, and thus won't accept that.
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