Morford: Attack Of The Killer Porn (BushCo's Protection from Pornography Week)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, November 5, 2003 | Mark Morford, Looks For Porn Stars That Resemble Bush

[presidio9]

Porn is, in fact, icky bad gross blasphemous sacrilegious and totally comedogenic, and looks awful with the couch and never ever calls, and leaves the seat up, and never does the dishes, and Makes Mommy resentful and Timmy cry and Daddy spend 14 hours a day glued to assbuffet.com as he maxes out the family MasterCard on rubber-fetish DVDs and nipple clips. This much everyone knows.

[MEGoody]

"Is this guy using the same Constitution I'm using?"

I suppose it is the same Constitution that allowed a sitting President to make Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and so forth national holidays. The same Constitution that allowed February to be officially named Black History month.

If that is the constitution you're using, then yes, it is the same constitution.

[Servant of the 9]

Or that the combined subscriber base of Penthouse and Playboy exceeds that of Newsweek and Time.

Can someone verify this? I seriously doubt that this is true.

I am not sure about now, since Penthouse has hit the skids, but until about 5 years ago, they had the two largest subscriber bases of any magazine.

So9

[Grit]

I mean, c'mon, you have one of the herd so why pay for milk?

In the interest of fair play I submit the female version of this old joke that I heard on the radio this am:

8 oz of sausage is not worth buying the whole pig.

Thank you.

[Grit]

That is about the most unreadable column I have ever seen. Drive-by-trolls here on FR can write more coherent rants than this.

[robertpaulsen]

I don't know about you, but by the time I got to the second paragraph I found myself reading it in a lispy kind of way.

Highly ironic that in a city where UCSF researchers have found that twelve percent of urban gay and bisexual men have attempted suicide in their lifetime, a rate three times higher than the overall rate forAmerican adult males, we're being told how "often exceedingly sexy and fun" ponography is.

[bassmaner]

This Morford clown is a complete asshole (note the bold and omission of the '$$'), but he makes a point. Pornography, sick as some of it may be, is protected speech under the 1st Amendment, and as such should not subjected to the implied threat of government censorship, as evidenced by the declaration of a 'Protection from Pornography Week'.

[Squantos]

Stroke of the ......pen.......law of the land. Kewl......

Stay Safe !

[buwaya]

Penthouse is dead.

[presidio9]

I mean, c'mon, you have one of the herd so why pay for milk?

I think you answered your own question right there. It's usually because she's started to look like a cow.

[gdani]

If I was in the porn industry, I would be all for Protection From Porn Week.

I assume it's the "forbidden fruit" aspect that, in part, generates so many $$$ for them.

[JmyBryan]

Look. Of course hardcore porn can be dangerous to young children. Or course it can be overly explicit and hollow and is absolutely not for kids or even certain priests. This is not an argument.

Actually, this is the argument. Morford glosses over the very real problem of exposing children to porn. More and more young eyeballs are being exposed, and it is not a fleeting glimpse or happenstance. The constant barrage of pornographic images in our entertainment and advertising culture causes real developmental changes in immature minds. Civilization itself is in many ways defined by the accepted restraints or parameters of the sex drive. Where these parameters are is the heart of the argument.

[ThreeYearLurker]

I think a gerbil burrowed its way up into his head.

[WackyKat]

is protected speech under the 1st Amendment, and as such should not subjected to the implied threat of government censorship, as evidenced by the declaration of a 'Protection from Pornography Week'.

I'm hoping Ashcroft will stop at putting dresses on classical nude statues, but I'm afraid a "Decency Crusade" is about to begin.

[Jadge]

"After all, porn ruins families. And communities. And children."

It does indeed.

How so?

[presidio9]

I'm hoping Ashcroft will stop at putting dresses on classical nude statues, but I'm afraid a "Decency Crusade" is about to begin.

My favorite thing about the porn industry is its effect on liberals. It has them litterally coming and going. On the one hand, "it's degrading to women." On the other hand, "it's empowering to women. Which is why most liberals leave it alone and it is left to skeevebags like Larry Flint, Al Goldstein, and, yes, Ms Morford to celebrate the industry. Good for you Mark. Your company suits you.

[jjm2111]

"...on rubber-fetish DVDs and nipple clips."

Morford is just describing the contents of his sock drawer. This "man" is seriously deranged.

[Poohbah]

Can someone verify this? I seriously doubt that this is true.

Especially since Penthouse has gone into bankruptcy because of...declining circulation.

[jjm2111]

assbuffet.com

Morford prolly clicked on "Favorites" for ideas.

[jjm2111]

"Especially since Penthouse has gone into bankruptcy because of...declining circulation."

Oh. My. God. That is so awful. You and my Dad would get along really well.