[little jeremiah]

"Porn is an inanimate object. It cannot destroy values or harm morals, any more than guns can kill people."

Wrong analogy. Guns can be used by criminals to kill innocent people. Guns can be used by honest citizens to protect themselves and others. Guns can be used for good or ill.

Porn, however, has only one purpose - to demean human sexuality.

You like its purpose, and therefore, since you worship your own flickering desires, you deem it worthy. Your own desires are not the center of the universe.

[Modernman]

Porn, however, has only one purpose - to demean human sexuality.

That's your view, sure. Millions of your fellow citizens disagree with you, of course.

[Ksnavely]

You like its purpose, and therefore, since you worship your own flickering desires, you deem it worthy.

That is quite the logical jump there. To be quite honest it is a logical jump that is false and shows that you are not listening to his argument at all. You cannot say that simply because he opposed your measure of government control and restriction on pornography that he is obsessed with it and is totally controlled by his desires. Have you considered that he may fear the potential ramifications of government regulating on free speech? Have you considered the fact that he may think there is a more effective way to stop pornography? No, you haven't, you have undeservedly wrote him off as some lunatic porn addict who does not want his vice taken away. I think you are cheapening this debate with that rhetoric and in all honestly making your side look bad. My advice to you would be to present your case in a more effective manner that does not make hasty and possibly erroneous assumptions about some one.