[dcwusmc]

Can you back up this statement with some proof or are you just venting? Despicable as this guy is who did it, I would venture to say it has nothing to do with whether or not he watched porn, as even our Meese Commission, much as they wanted to, found no such links. So if you have PROOF of your claims, kindly present it or retract your nasty and libelous statement about libertarians. Thanks in advance.

For the US CONSTITUTION and TOWARD FREEDOM

David Wright

[oremus]

Freedom? What you are talking about is license. The true definition of freedom is the ability to choose and do what is right and good.

Pornography has definitely been shown to lead, in some cases, to heinous crimes and sexual aberrations. Makes perfect sense to me. Evil begets evil.

[Ipberg]

Can you back up this statement with some proof or are you just venting?

Here's some for starters:

Link

FACTS ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE Among 932 sex addicts, 90% of the men and 77% of the women reported pornography as significant to their addictions. The study also revealed that two common elements in the early etiology of sexually addictive behavior are childhood sexual abuse and frequent pornography accompanied by masturbation. (Patrick Carnes, Don't Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addictions, (1991).) Research gathered over the past few decades demonstrates that pornography contributes to sexual assault, including rape and the molestation of children. (See S. Rep. No. 102-372, 102nd Cong., 2nd Sess. 23) (Aug. 12, 1992) (Pornography Victims Compensation Act of 1992, Senate Comm. on the Judiciary). Child molesters often use pornography to seduce their prey, to lower the inhibitions of the victim, and to serve as an instruction manual. - W.L. Marshall, Ph.D., Pornography and Sexual Offenders, in PORNOGRAPHY: RESEARCH ADVANCES AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 189 (D. Zillmann & J. Bryant eds., 1989). Of 36 serial sex murderers interviewed by the FBI in 1985, 81% admitted using pornography. -- Victor Cline, Ph.D. in Pornography Effects: Empirical & Clinical Evidence, pg. 19. 87% of girl child molesters and 77% of boy child molesters studied admitted to regular use of hard-core pornography. -- 1983 A Report on the Use of Pornography by Sexual Offenders by Dr. William Marshall, Ottawa, Canada for the Federal Department of Justice. One in three American girls and one in seven boys will be sexually molested by age 18. July 1993 article by David Finkelhor, Answeres to Important Questions about the Scope & Nature of Child Sexual Abuse, pg. 8. --