I am a woman, a conservative, a mother, a wife, and a person of some faith. You might think that that would make me an opponent of legal (i.e., adults with adults) pornography. You would be wrong.
There are laws against child abuse. Enforce them.
Divorces are sad, but no business of the government.
What adults do with adults is not my business if it does not directly affect me, not is it the business of the court system.
While I personally find pornography offensive, my offense end with me. I do not want to outlaw pornography, as I have read history and know that censorship never stops with the original target and always ends up being more evil than what was originally being censored. It is the price we pay for being able to say what we like.
It is no coincidence that cultures which outlaw pornography *always* end up punishing people who exhibit free thought in other ways.
I despise with all my heart & soul the inclination of some people to try to create a connection between “I wouldn’t have done X (where X is killing, divorce, harming children, whatever) except that I was influenced by pornography”.
You will notice that that is the exact same argument used by Muslim radicals when they force women to dress in black from head to toe, take away voting rights and driving privileges, and stone unmarried adults for being with other adults of the opposite sex.
The thought that decent people have to be protected from ideas or images of other adults is repugnant, and the implication that God created us to be so weak and unable to think for ourselves (and therefore requiring constant downwards guidance from all-knowing religious leaders and government) is disturbing and quite un-American.
My creator did not make me so weak as to be unable to resist the clutches of whatever the vice-of-the-week is right now.
POST #40 WELL SAID!
How do you feel about public lewdness laws, or public decency standards?
BRAVO. I nominate you as poster of the year for that magnificent rant. Thank you!
My creator did not make me so weak as to be unable to resist the clutches of whatever the vice-of-the-week is right now.
Profound comments, lost on those who don’t appreciate the wisdom, power, and intelligence of The Creator.
I would be more concerned with the treason and sedition prevent in the media and on collage campuses and then some guy reading Penthouse in a truckstop
Dittos.
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