Santorum to ban pornography if elected!

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Erisian on 17 March 2012

what is this, I don't even

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The scarier part is that he could get help from the other side on this. Many left-wingers are opposed to pornography for just the reasons he described (promotion of misogyny and facilitator for human trafficking). I spent a semester at an NGO dedicated to stopping the "demand" for human trafficking, and the founder of the NGO was a woman who has been a voice against pornography, but otherwise a rather strident lefty.

And to a point, both are legitimate concerns that deserve addressing. As we have come to turn sex into a commodity, this means that there will be individuals out there looking to prey on vulnerable young women both within America and all over the world, in order to supply free labor into the prostitution market (sex slaves). This is, however, a problem that could be resolved with careful legalization of prostitution: bring it above-board and it can be taxed to the point that it would pay for its own regulation, and even contribute surplus revenue

On the matter of objectification of women, the answer is less clear. Some women see it as a form of empowerment, and as far as pornography involving real individuals goes, one usually sees it as more neutral rather than degrading to any one side. Some of it does get very misogynistic very quickly, of course, and this is an issue, but therein one could conduct studies to see if the viewing of pornography actively contributes to the lowering of one's view of women, similar to studying whether violent games make one more violent.

Porn is, of course, my personal vice. I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs, but i do sample a fair bit of porn (mostly hentai, however).

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FinalEvangelion on 17 March 2012

Rick Santorum is so far in the closet he must be seeing Narnia.

He must be up there with Fred Phelps in biggest closet cases.

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Cougarman on 18 March 2012

Definition: Santorum
Pronunciation: san-TOR-um
Function: noun
Etymology:
Savage Love - 05/29/03

1. The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.

2. Former Senator Rick Santorum


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lestatdark on 18 March 2012

green_sky said:

lestatdark said:

babuks said:
Ban pornography and alcohol and you may get back healthy family lives in the country.

While at it, they should also ban Television, Video Games, Guns and Computers and we can all go back to the jolly good pre-19th century days of good old family gatherings

You two are on to something here. Hmm...

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babuks on 18 March 2012

lestatdark said:

babuks said:
Ban pornography and alcohol and you may get back healthy family lives in the country.

While at it, they should also ban Television, Video Games, Guns and Computers and we can all go back to the jolly good pre-19th century days of good old family gatherings

I am amazed by your analogy.

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babuks said:

lestatdark said:

babuks said:
Ban pornography and alcohol and you may get back healthy family lives in the country.

While at it, they should also ban Television, Video Games, Guns and Computers and we can all go back to the jolly good pre-19th century days of good old family gatherings

I am amazed by your analogy.

Thanks, I tried really hard

Oh and by the way, Pornography and Alcohol have been around in family lives for a couple of thousand of years. Oddly, the things I've mentioned, have been part of a family's life for the past couple of decades (centuries in the case of guns). Now I ask you this: Are you really sure it's pornography and alcohol that's stopping a "healthy family life"?

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Mr Khan on 18 March 2012

lestatdark said:

babuks said:

lestatdark said:

babuks said:
Ban pornography and alcohol and you may get back healthy family lives in the country.

While at it, they should also ban Television, Video Games, Guns and Computers and we can all go back to the jolly good pre-19th century days of good old family gatherings

I am amazed by your analogy.

Thanks, I tried really hard

Oh and by the way, Pornography and Alcohol have been around in family lives for a couple of thousand of years. Oddly, the things I've mentioned, have been part of a family's life for the past couple of decades (centuries in the case of guns). Now I ask you this: Are you really sure it's pornography and alcohol that's stopping a "healthy family life"?

TV seems to be the culprit. When did America start going to hell? The '60s. (fucking hippies)

What generation grew up watching TV? The hippies.

Kill TV, save America

Brilliant!

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Mr Khan said:

lestatdark said:

babuks said:

lestatdark said:

babuks said:
Ban pornography and alcohol and you may get back healthy family lives in the country.

While at it, they should also ban Television, Video Games, Guns and Computers and we can all go back to the jolly good pre-19th century days of good old family gatherings

I am amazed by your analogy.

Thanks, I tried really hard

Oh and by the way, Pornography and Alcohol have been around in family lives for a couple of thousand of years. Oddly, the things I've mentioned, have been part of a family's life for the past couple of decades (centuries in the case of guns). Now I ask you this: Are you really sure it's pornography and alcohol that's stopping a "healthy family life"?

TV seems to be the culprit. When did America start going to hell? The '60s. (fucking hippies)

What generation grew up watching TV? The hippies.

Kill TV, save America

Brilliant!

Why hasn't any candidate run with this angle already??

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