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thats because they are watching the wrong type of porn. if you dont have at least 3 penises, 4 vagina's, 13 different type of sex toys, and one giant mirror in the shot, then you aint doing porn right.



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Cirio said:
If you guys actually read the OP it is about porn ADDICTION and not just viewing porn in general. Of course viewing porn is not a health crisis, but having a porn addiction (just like any other addiction) is detrimental to psychological and emotional health. This isn't a "religious propaganda" or an attempt at shaming you for watching porn. I think society as a whole needs to have a greater understanding about porn addiction, and judging by every post before mine, I think it's great that Utah is at least acknowledging it.

So what exactly is Utah planning to do? Ban the internet? Censor websites like they're communist China or North Korea?

You can't really do anything without violating the constitution and free speech, and porn addiction ... whoopity doo. Really, stop jerking off if porn addiction is such a big issue in your life. No one's dying from porn addiction, no one's getting killed by a porn impaired driver. 

Judging by the amount of obese people, "food addiction" is about 10000000x a bigger problem and legitimate health concern, but again what are you going to do? Ban hamburgers and pizza? 



Soundwave said:
Cirio said:
If you guys actually read the OP it is about porn ADDICTION and not just viewing porn in general. Of course viewing porn is not a health crisis, but having a porn addiction (just like any other addiction) is detrimental to psychological and emotional health. This isn't a "religious propaganda" or an attempt at shaming you for watching porn. I think society as a whole needs to have a greater understanding about porn addiction, and judging by every post before mine, I think it's great that Utah is at least acknowledging it.

So what exactly is Utah planning to do? Ban the internet? Censor websites like they're communist China or North Korea?

You can't really do anything without violating the constitution and free speech, and porn addiction ... whoopity doo. Really, stop jerking off if porn addiction is such a big issue in your life. No one's dying from porn addiction, no one's getting killed by a porn impaired driver. 

Judging by the amount of obese people, "food addiction" is about 10000000x a bigger problem and legitimate health concern, but again what are you going to do? Ban hamburgers and pizza? 

You have to realize that when you and I were growing up, we had to deal with shitty dial-up internet and we didn't have access to internet as readily as today. Kids growing up nowadays have access to high speed internet everywhere, and as the article stated, a kid could snatch McDonald's wifi and stream porn. It is super accessible now, meaning that without proper guidance a child could develop porn addiction.

What Utah is trying to do is increase awareness about this addiction. So that when parents sit down to talk with their children about safe sex, or safe alcohol consumption, they should also talk about safe pornography usage. 

And it's not so easy to quit "jerking off" once you're addicted to porn, just like it's not so easy to "stop smoking" when you're addicted to smoking. This is about knowledge, and giving our children the tools to be safer with their life choices.



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Cirio said:
Soundwave said:

So what exactly is Utah planning to do? Ban the internet? Censor websites like they're communist China or North Korea?

You can't really do anything without violating the constitution and free speech, and porn addiction ... whoopity doo. Really, stop jerking off if porn addiction is such a big issue in your life. No one's dying from porn addiction, no one's getting killed by a porn impaired driver. 

Judging by the amount of obese people, "food addiction" is about 10000000x a bigger problem and legitimate health concern, but again what are you going to do? Ban hamburgers and pizza? 

You have to realize that when you and I were growing up, we had to deal with shitty dial-up internet and we didn't have access to internet as readily as today. Kids growing up nowadays have access to high speed internet everywhere, and as the article stated, a kid could snatch McDonald's wifi and stream porn. It is super accessible now, meaning that without proper guidance a child could develop porn addiction.

What Utah is trying to do is increase awareness about this addiction. So that when parents sit down to talk with their children about safe sex, or safe alcohol consumption, they should also talk about safe pornography usage. 

And it's not so easy to quit "jerking off" once you're addicted to porn, just like it's not so easy to "stop smoking" when you're addicted to smoking. This is about knowledge, and giving our children the tools to be safer with their life choices.

I think Utah's motives here are dubious here though. 

And honestly yes sure, porn addiction can suck, but really the only treatment is to literally stop jerking off. Smoking is much more powerful physical addiction. 



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Zkuq said:
Really. And how exactly is porn harmful to one's health?

I think they're specifically talking about an addiction, which can be disruptive to anyone. This is definitely a bit of PR piece though.



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Soundwave said:
Cirio said:

You have to realize that when you and I were growing up, we had to deal with shitty dial-up internet and we didn't have access to internet as readily as today. Kids growing up nowadays have access to high speed internet everywhere, and as the article stated, a kid could snatch McDonald's wifi and stream porn. It is super accessible now, meaning that without proper guidance a child could develop porn addiction.

What Utah is trying to do is increase awareness about this addiction. So that when parents sit down to talk with their children about safe sex, or safe alcohol consumption, they should also talk about safe pornography usage. 

And it's not so easy to quit "jerking off" once you're addicted to porn, just like it's not so easy to "stop smoking" when you're addicted to smoking. This is about knowledge, and giving our children the tools to be safer with their life choices.

I think Utah's motives here are dubious here though. 

And honestly yes sure, porn addiction can suck, but really the only treatment is to literally stop jerking off. Smoking is much more powerful physical addiction. 

How are they being dubious? They can't ban the internet, and they can't censor websites because as you said, those would override our consitutional rights. They're raising awareness about it -- it's really that simple.

Addictions are addictions, it doesn't matter what form they come in. There are people who have dropped out of school because they were addicted to porn and there are people who have been divorced because of porn addiction. It isn't a light matter. Early intervention and knowledge are required in this digital age to help our children make better decisions in their lives. And yes, some people have had to use professional counseling to help with their porn addiction.



Cirio said:
Soundwave said:

I think Utah's motives here are dubious here though. 

And honestly yes sure, porn addiction can suck, but really the only treatment is to literally stop jerking off. Smoking is much more powerful physical addiction. 

How are they being dubious? They can't ban the internet, and they can't censor websites because as you said, those would override our consitutional rights. They're raising awareness about it -- it's really that simple.

Addictions are addictions, it doesn't matter what form they come in. There are people who have dropped out of school because they were addicted to porn and there are people who have been divorced because of porn addiction. It isn't a light matter. Early intervention and knowledge are required in this digital age to help our children make better decisions in their lives. And yes, some people have had to use professional counseling to help with their porn addiction.

Utah has a history with trying to censor porn in the past, that's why their motives are dubious. 



Soundwave said:
Cirio said:

How are they being dubious? They can't ban the internet, and they can't censor websites because as you said, those would override our consitutional rights. They're raising awareness about it -- it's really that simple.

Addictions are addictions, it doesn't matter what form they come in. There are people who have dropped out of school because they were addicted to porn and there are people who have been divorced because of porn addiction. It isn't a light matter. Early intervention and knowledge are required in this digital age to help our children make better decisions in their lives. And yes, some people have had to use professional counseling to help with their porn addiction.

Utah has a history with trying to censor porn in the past, that's why their motives are dubious. 

And as you said, they can't ban websites or control the internet like "communist" countries. There really isn't much they can do outside of raising awareness.



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