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MrScorpio

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54. Porn kills...

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 02:40 PM

Apr 2016

...Boredom.

Frankly, I don't care for supply side methodologies in terms of economic theories and I certainly don't abide by them for sociological reasons either.

We're having a chicken and egg conversation and blaming all of problems on the chicken.

Porn is produced in mass quantities in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Its accessible to anyone with any kind of net access and it's delivered by choice, in a dazzling display of legal varieties. This isn't just our issue and it's not like it'll just go away.

Besides, as long as we're talking about the activities of consenting adults, engaged lawfully innocuous activities, any talk of moral application to me is overly intrusive.

People ought to make their own choices about right and wrong, as long as others aren't harmed. When left gets hyper moralistic, it's just bad when the right does it.

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Is porn immoral? That doesn�t matter: It�s a public health crisis. [View all] Recursion Apr 2016 OP

I'll pay attention to the idea it's harmful JackInGreen Apr 2016 #1

Gonzo porn is about 0.5% of network traffic Recursion Apr 2016 #2

porn is immortal SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #3

Only if the phone is low out of power. Skink Apr 2016 #4

I have to agree with your assessment Warpy Apr 2016 #5

Well I mean we also have partial gun prohibition here Recursion Apr 2016 #6

Bad False equivalence is Bad and False. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #12

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We've banned assault rifle sales for 80 years, very successfully Recursion Apr 2016 #15

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We should start requiring those pictures to be posted online. That will get MillennialDem Apr 2016 #29

Just wrenching. That whole thing. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #64

We need to face the FACTS on guns. It's too easy to just brush aside dead people as MillennialDem Apr 2016 #66

I could say the same thing about religion whirlygigspin Apr 2016 #7

Well, again, "control" is probably the wrong way to look at it there, just like with porn or drugs Recursion Apr 2016 #8

Yeah, well, porn companies have to pay taxes. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #11

Glossing over the fact that the law in your OP was passed by the most religiously conservative Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #25

The OP also had problems with that law Recursion Apr 2016 #30

It would be a weird thing to say, if he had actually said it. But again you have wildly Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #61

religion can have destructive effects Mosby Apr 2016 #52

This is a joke correct? rockfordfile Apr 2016 #111

Ignorance is bliss, right? Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #112

maybe Mosby Apr 2016 #115

But you just proved its not religion, it's the socialization that provides the benefit. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #119

Anything in excess can be a problem. Sherman A1 Apr 2016 #9

Gail Dines is hardly what you would call an objective, disinterested party in this argument. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #10

I like how knowledgeable you are on this subject. prayin4rain Apr 2016 #67

I think that, for one, anyone with windows 10 and a microsoft account should be able Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #68

In my experience, eleven to fourteen year olds are much older than prayin4rain Apr 2016 #70

Who cares? Bad Dog Apr 2016 #17

That explains it! Bonobo Apr 2016 #19

I can't see. Looks like a big pink cactus Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #20

Oh Warren... that's stage 3! nt Bonobo Apr 2016 #21

Acid causing flashbacks, sex toys opening demonic portals Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #22

Correlation is not causation, but Dines wants you to think it is muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #23

One need not look any further than the author to know this is going to be a complete load of shit Major Nikon Apr 2016 #43

If beating off is outlawed Kleenex would file chapter 11 titaniumsalute Apr 2016 #24

God, this agajn rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #26

When aliens pick through the rubble of our long-dead society... Orrex Apr 2016 #27

...they're also likely to mistake Walt Disney World... Chan790 Apr 2016 #33

Arthur C Clarke wrote a terrific short story about this, in fact Orrex Apr 2016 #34

The greatest public health crisis of our times gets treated like a joke, the thousands it kills Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #28

I see what you did there. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #62

I thought the greatest public health crisis was gun violence. milestogo Apr 2016 #72

I believe he is talking about the reaction to AIDS in the Reagan era and beyond Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #117

I think porn is just another form of fantasy entertainment. sofa king Apr 2016 #31

I lulz'd KG Apr 2016 #32

Yes it is, but people will go straight to "sex, sex, sex" and never touch the actual roots ck4829 Apr 2016 #35

Interesting post. prayin4rain Apr 2016 #56

You can have my porn when you peel it from my cold, sticky, dead hands... truebrit71 Apr 2016 #36

LOL I would high five you but both of us should Blue Dalek Apr 2016 #47

ROFLMAO!!! truebrit71 Apr 2016 #48

I'll give up porn NobodyHere Apr 2016 #37

Sounds like a strong argument for comprehensive sex ed Bradical79 Apr 2016 #38

I'm so ****ing glad someone finally crossed the finish line here Recursion Apr 2016 #41

It would certainly save a lot of folks from needing glasses and palm hair removal Major Nikon Apr 2016 #73

EXACTLY THIS. Thank you! nt auntpurl Apr 2016 #49

I'm sorry, what were you saying? sarisataka Apr 2016 #39

I think that government needs to stay out of people's sex lives Marrah_G Apr 2016 #40

So do I. Recursion Apr 2016 #42

But that's the point. It's not the government's job to regulate every little thing davidn3600 Apr 2016 #44

Call it all art; doesn't change the point Recursion Apr 2016 #45

You obviously haven't been following Gail Dines's career very closely Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #58

Then parents need to pay more attention Marrah_G Apr 2016 #74

oh, ffs. If you are raised to be empathetic, kind, and respectful... killbotfactory Apr 2016 #46

I don't think it's immoral, but porn is getting weirder, though. auntpurl Apr 2016 #50

I think porn had changed for the worse Mosby Apr 2016 #51

When was porn romantic? Marrah_G Apr 2016 #75

maybe romantic wasn't the right word Mosby Apr 2016 #113

lots of different kinds of porn out there Marrah_G Apr 2016 #118

Yes, those were the days of Romantic porn...like "Deep Throat" Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #120

that movie is G rated compared to todays porn Mosby Apr 2016 #122

LOL...thats your opinion. Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #123

Shrink: "Do you think sex is dirty?" Woody Allen: "It is if you're doing it right." immoderate Apr 2016 #53

Porn kills... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #54

Que the poutrage of the month...porn is back up Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #55

They are so boring in their predictability. Rex Apr 2016 #84

I really don't care. Oneironaut Apr 2016 #57

Combine it with shooting up marijuana and you have a recipe for Armageddon. zappaman Apr 2016 #59

Another public health crisis not being taken seriously by anyone except the folks whose careers Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #60

This completely ignores the correlation vs causation debate. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #63

Except she's using shitty and debunked studies. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #65

Blowjobs are "acts of aggression"?! Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #92

"I Thought Fellatio Was A Kind Of Pasta!" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #99

Funny thing about the right wingers being against it treestar Apr 2016 #69

Funny thing about left wingers being against it Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #71

"Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says" guillaumeb Apr 2016 #76

Their reason for calling it immoral is stupid liberal N proud Apr 2016 #77

Yes, that tail is totally wagging that dog. X_Digger Apr 2016 #78

i'm skeptical about the studies demonstrating what is claimed here. unblock Apr 2016 #79

She's rehashing some of the worst, most old debunked studies out there. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #82

low hanging fruit, as it were. unblock Apr 2016 #85

Or, it's not like there wasn't misogyny in the "good old", censorship-happy pre-internet porn days. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #86

Gail Dines??? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2016 #80

I know, right? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #81

Awww nobody cares about you or your buddies concern trolling anymore. Rex Apr 2016 #83

Huh? Recursion Apr 2016 #87

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sysadmin? that's a different thing, you know. We normally sit in the same part of the building DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #95

I have had both job titles, sysadmin more recently (well, that morphed to "devops") Recursion Apr 2016 #96

No more snark, just discussion. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #97

Small *IT* shops are horrible, but small non-IT shops I enjoy Recursion Apr 2016 #98

I found out that I very much like working where technology is the product. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #100

It's very possible we need more *porn*, but we need parents and kids to talk about with each other Recursion Apr 2016 #101

you realize, of course, that that is 180 degrees away from anything Gail Dines and her buddies are Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #103

I do not realize that; I hadn't heard of Dines before this column Recursion Apr 2016 #107

Yeah, that was kind of classic. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #108

Which includes rubbish promoted by Gail Dines? "frank" doesn't mean what you think it means. Major Nikon Apr 2016 #109

(Recursion is a decent guy, and we came to an understanding that caused us both to self-delete) DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #102

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #104

Sorry, I'm having a bad week. I'll delete that Recursion Apr 2016 #105

I get it, man. Not trying to pile on, here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #106

Simple, just require that single people.... daleanime Apr 2016 #110

It's Utah LadyHawkAZ Apr 2016 #114

Funny story about porn and Utah. I actually was in SLC to see the Dead play in '95, of all places Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #116

Gotta break open my copy of "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #121

Yes, porn is immortal. GOLGO 13 Apr 2016 #124