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The War Against Pornography
Oct. 11th, 2014 07:53 amHere is an interesting article whose thesis is that the war against pornography is effectively lost, even if it is unlikely that defeat will ever be conceded. Though, I am afraid that so long as Republicans can win the White House, victory celebrations may be premature.
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“I feel sorry for someone who believes this stuff is corrupting society, because they would have to now say, ‘society has been corrupted.’”
-- Nadine Strossen
“The Internet simply overwhelmed the law.”
-- David M. O’Brien, First Amendment scholar and University of Virginia professor
DePaul’s Carolyn Bronstein pointed out that for those men “already given to aggressive behavior,” violent porn “can tend to increase their likelihood to act violently.” But, she said, while anti-pornography activists in the 1980s very much hoped “to prove that watching porn would lead your average man to rape, nobody’s ever been able to establish that.”
-- Josh Israel
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[Source: Josh Israel, "This Is The Way The War On Pornography Ends" at Think Progress.org]
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“I feel sorry for someone who believes this stuff is corrupting society, because they would have to now say, ‘society has been corrupted.’”
-- Nadine Strossen
“The Internet simply overwhelmed the law.”
-- David M. O’Brien, First Amendment scholar and University of Virginia professor
DePaul’s Carolyn Bronstein pointed out that for those men “already given to aggressive behavior,” violent porn “can tend to increase their likelihood to act violently.” But, she said, while anti-pornography activists in the 1980s very much hoped “to prove that watching porn would lead your average man to rape, nobody’s ever been able to establish that.”
-- Josh Israel
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[Source: Josh Israel, "This Is The Way The War On Pornography Ends" at Think Progress.org]
