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The Challenge: Pornography Pandemic
Townhall.com ^ | October 9, 2014 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 10/09/2014 2:30:26 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 10/09/2014 2:30:26 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

umm, nobody needs porn to develop cynical attitudes about “love”. swap “porn” with “life” and that can do it too.


2 posted on 10/09/2014 2:34:18 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Kaslin

How about this. We establish a .xxx domain and force all porno onto it. That will make it trivial for the rest of us to block it.


3 posted on 10/09/2014 2:40:10 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: Kaslin

Of all the things going on, porn isn’t on my list of things to be concerned about.


4 posted on 10/09/2014 2:40:17 PM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: brownsfan

Amen to that


5 posted on 10/09/2014 2:41:58 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I have a friend with deeply cynical attitudes about “love.”

His ex-wife had way more to do with that than porn ever did.


6 posted on 10/09/2014 2:43:08 PM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

True dat. However, since life today includes porn, it’s kind of a tautology.

Fwiw, I’m not cynical about love. Love is selfless service to those who can do nothing for you in return, and I see it every day in my church. I’m cynical about sex.


7 posted on 10/09/2014 2:44:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
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To: Kaslin

I believe pornography does debase society.

I admit when I saw several years ago that Britney Spears had accidentally? shown her privates that I looked.

After looking, I sort of wished I hadn’t.


8 posted on 10/09/2014 2:44:45 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: al baby

I 2nd that


9 posted on 10/09/2014 2:45:30 PM PDT by Jarhead9297
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To: Jack Black
force all porno onto it

That sounds about as possible as cutting in front of MooseChelle Obama at the buffet line....

10 posted on 10/09/2014 2:46:56 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: brownsfan
Of all the things going on, porn isn’t on my list of things to be concerned about.

Agreed. Yes, it's damaging to some. So are a lot of other things.

There's always some nanny-stater who wants to put limits on everyone else.

Some folks just can't leave other people alone.

11 posted on 10/09/2014 2:47:42 PM PDT by EricT. (Your life is not my fault. My life is not your business.)
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nine out of ten children who go online (by the way, many of them just doing their homework) will view pornography

This is an interesting point. Why are children exposed to pornography? Because adults want access to pornography, and concern for children is peripheral. Why are children doing homework on the Internet? Because that's what's most convenient for adults.

Imagine a school that said, "In order to help protect our students from inappropriate material, this school will have all work done using books, paper, and pencils. Homework will be completed on paper. Research sources will be hard-copy published books and magazines. Note-taking will be done by hand."

Welcome to school in the 1980s (and all previous years), when we got much better test scores than students do today.

12 posted on 10/09/2014 2:48:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
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To: Kaslin
The only good thing is that porn is essentially 'free'

Taking the money out of it will help reduce this evil. Porn degrades women and degrades a natural sexual relationship

13 posted on 10/09/2014 2:50:54 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Kaslin
You want porn, I got real porn forya...









14 posted on 10/09/2014 2:51:37 PM PDT by PROCON (I WILL NOT SUBMIT TO TYRANNY!)
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To: Tax-chick

cynical about sex? sure it’s not cynical about women?

also don’t confuse agape love with romantic love. the stuff you’re describing in church is agape, not romantic.


15 posted on 10/09/2014 2:52:47 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

What is the correlation between murdered black boys in Chicago to porn?


16 posted on 10/09/2014 2:52:56 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Tax-chick

could also be filio/philio? love (brotherly). The NT translations really were innacurate when just using “love” to replace the terms that were different, on purpose - agape like God’s love, philo - brotherly, friendship, and eros - romantic w/sexual component.


17 posted on 10/09/2014 2:55:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: bert

i seriously don’t know. maybe i’m missing your point?


18 posted on 10/09/2014 2:56:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Kaslin

A savvy parent can do wonders to limit exposure (no parent can stop everything or pretty much anything).

However, this is an issue about which I simply don’t care. Adults do stupid s**t. Let ‘em. It’s also a First Amendment issue.

This is tying to carry the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, one bucket at a time, walking from West Coast to East Coast.


19 posted on 10/09/2014 2:56:20 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: PROCON

It took 14 posts? Freepers are slippin’, Man!


20 posted on 10/09/2014 2:56:29 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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