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From article <ADNAN.92Aug5081635@redstart.icd.ab.com>, by adnan@redstart.icd.ab.com (Adnan C. Yaqub):
>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Aug 92 19:51:35 GMT, bx953@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David R. Cohen) said:
> 
> David> 3. the first two reasons are "legal" reasons.  the third reason is my
> David> personal belief that "porn" is not harmful to any 15 year old, or anyone
> David> else.  I'd bet that almost **every** reader of this message saw some form
> David> of pornography before they were 18.  Are you all rapists and murderers, or
> David> otherwise "damaged?"  The only thing that you probably felt "wrong" about
> 
> I think that you are mistaken here.  There is plenty of evidence that
> pornography has a harmful effect on people and society.  Here are a
> few negative effects:
> 
> 1) Studies show that a diet of pornography desensitizes people to rape
> and other sex crimes.  (The effect was more pronounced in men than in
> women.)
>

I believe you may be correct here.  I think there may have been
contrdictory studies as well though.
 
> 2) A high percentage of all sex crimes (rape, child abuse, etc.) have
> pornography involved, during and/or immediately before.  For example,
> Ted Bundy indicating in an interview before his death that pornography
> played a extremely important role in the rapes and murders he
> committed.
> 

Well, young Teddy just might have been saying what he thought
people wanted to hear in hopes of some kind of last minute
appeal.  I believe I have seen reports that he was abused as a
child.  Considering the % of men who possess pornography
(pictures of nude women is pornography right?), I would expect a
large % of men who commit sex crimes to also have it in their
possession.

> 3) Studies also indicate that the use of pornography tends to reduce a
> persons satisfaction with their current sex experience.
> 

"Familiarity breeds contempt"

> 4) Child pornography, in particular, is very damaging to the children
> abused during the making of the material.

Indeed, but the acts are illegal and so is Child pornography.
You have a law, and your minions have used it to go after parents
who have any nude pictures of their kids.  'Course you will no
doubt reply that that is all child pornography.  Do you think all
women should wear nun's habits or Mother Hubbards? 

> 5) Studies indicate that pornography is addicting, with subjects
> tiring of the "old" and wanting "newer, harder" pornography.
>

Which studies? 
 
> Obviously no one is saying that by looking at one Playboy magazine a
> person will become an instant rapist.  However, there is overwhelming
> evidence to indicate that continued exposure to pornography is harmful
> to individuals and society.  I have more complete information about
> some of the studies dome on the effects of pornography at home which I
> can post if there is interest.  One good reference is the report from
> the President's Commission on Pornography.
>

Ah, but you are saying pretty much that.  The president's
commission was a real piece of work.  They found what they set
out to find. 
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