🚀 go-pugleaf

I was going to respond to Adnan Yaqub's post regarding the harmfulness of
pornography, but the posts following Yaqub's did a beautiful job ... I am
very glad to see that the majority of those posting to htis board are
enlightened.  I will add that nearly every psychiatrist who studied Bundy
has stated for the record that Bundy's "porn made me do it" statement was
his last attempt to manipulate the press and the public, something he
greatly enjoyed, and that it was a blatant falsehood.

Also, the President's Commission on Pornography Study has been debunked by
so many experts, INCLUDING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ITSELF, that
it is merely sad that anyone relies on this study to make an argument. 
This commission was headed up by Edwin Meese ... you remember, he resigned
from office after being exposed as a fraud and, as US Attorney General,
stated that people who are arrested should automatically go to jail, since
only those who are guilty are arrested.

Finally, I challenge anyone to unearth a case against someone who is
accused of possessing child pornography who did NOT get the kiddie pix from
the US postal service or customs.  It has been stated that 99+% of child
porn is created by the US government for its sting operations.  The only
cases I've read about ended up indicting males (usually older men) who had
no history af any violent crime.

Adnan, it is easy to believe that porn causes rape because of the emotional
appeal -- you see a naked female, you get aroused, you figure others do too
but act on their aroused emotions with violence, unlike you.  I say, the
only people who act on their emotions with violence would do so whether
porn exists or not.  The porn causes violence argument is simplistic, and
wrong.  

David


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