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Thread #28123   Message #347949
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Nov-00 - 08:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is liking pornography wrong?
Subject: RE: BS: Is liking pornography wrong?
There is NOTHING wrong with pornography. (Except in a few obvious cases that have been mentioned already.) The trouble is, in the public mind, ALL pornography gets tarred with the same brush as the harmful stuff. Anti-pornography zealots invariably trot out the WORST examples they can find and try to give the impression that all pornography is like that.

Pornography NEEDN'T BE degrading to women. Pornography NEEDN'T involve coercion, violence, children, or non-consenting adults. People who use pornography are NOT inclined to be loners, losers, or criminals.

Let's be blunt: people use pornography as an aid to getting themselves (or their partners) turned on. I would bet that the viewing of pornography is nearly always a prelude to either masturbation or sex with a partner. Pornography is the poor man's Viagra. If there is nothing wrong with using Viagra then there is nothing wrong with using pornography, either.

People probably wouldn't need pornography if they had better memories or better imagination.