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Internet Porn More Addictive Than Crack, Senate Told
applemasker writes "Wired says that the Senate heard testimony today that internet porn is 'worse than crack.' Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) called it the most disturbing hearing he'd ever heard in the Senate, saying that porn is ubiquitous now but compared to when he was growing up and 'some guy would sneak a magazine in somewhere and show some of us, but you had to find him at the right time.' Can someone submit a FOIA request for his browser history or cache?"
Some of these people scare me, they really believe that if a man and wife perform oral sex on each other they should be put in jail.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284238/p osts
To: Lindykim
"Modern science," Satinover said, "allows us to understand that the underlying nature of an addiction to pornography is chemically nearly identical to a heroin addiction."
So what? Religion does the same thing. Do you want to outlaw that too?
14 posted on 11/19/2004 3:20:30 PM PST by Viking is a verb (Maximun Freedom, Minimum Regulation)
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To: Lindykim
An addiction for which there is no cure; the outrageous tragedy is the introduction to young and curious minds.
Once something is SEEN, the mind can never forget, and the rest you go figure, hence the Jeff Dommers (spelling?).
17 posted on 11/19/2004 3:24:11 PM PST by Paperdoll (on the cutting edge)
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I have to agree 100%. The sexual behavior the porn industry promotes is very perverted and way beyond normal. As far are the imagery, yes, I can recall quite a bit of the garbage mine eyes have seen. I'd rather be pure considering the crap I've had to endure.
I suppose the similarity is if each of us could recall the details of our first sexual encounter or extreme violent moment. Porn may have less of an indelible nature, but it does put our sex drive on warp speed (mine at least).
There's a difference between porn and tasteful art, and neither should be subsidized. The porn industry should be kept on a very very short leash as it is (and I prefer it to be gone completely). Scientific discovery (like researching the pornographic history of criminals) should reveal the true nature of porn. Likewise, we'd know rather than accept with wisdom the suffering men and mostly women suffer after abortion (of which porn entrepreneurs have always championed).
I hope more women drive this reckless sexual behavior away from what should be model manhood. Eventually, those that vehemently defend all porn of all kinds will expose themselves as the perverts they are.
30 posted on 11/19/2004 3:34:00 PM PST by SaltyJoe
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To: oldleft
There has been a lot of discussion about the relevancy of this post. I think it's very relevant. You guys want to critisize the "moral right"...but who do you think got George Bush re-elected? And didn't George Bush agree to a Pornography Protected Day?
The point is pornography is very, very addictive. And most of the porno out there isn't your cute, bunnyrabbit Playboy stuff. Some of it is cruel, disturbing and outright dangerous.
34 posted on 11/19/2004 3:35:56 PM PST by mowkeka
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To: Rytwyng
You mean like Jimmy Swaggart and the hookers? Its always a classic when the types warn of hellfire and brimstone along with the threat of eternal damnation and then get caught hanging out in the seedier parts of town.
46 posted on 11/19/2004 3:41:55 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Lindykim
I am not going to dignify equating one who enjoys porn with being a serial killer. Do a Google search on "straw-man arguments" and notice that it is under "logical fallacies." I, for one, am a conservative who reads Playboy, and I'm also an a college honor student. My parents have forgotten more pornographic images than I am ever likely to see, and I will certainly vouch for their character. It is "holier-than-thou" judgmental proselytizers that give conservatives a bad name.
If I wanted to live in a "nanny state," I would have voted for John Kerry.
81 posted on 11/19/2004 4:14:10 PM PST by newagepublius
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With the explosion of p
I once started a big argument when I pointed out that churches make more money off pr0n than probably any single company.
No, I'm not talking about the contributions from outraged blue-haired ladies. I'm talking about the nifty lease payments that thousands of churches get by renting out a corner of their property to SBC, Verizon, Sprint, Level3, and others. All those nondescript concrete squares are filled with piles of Cisco, Fujitsu, and Nortel gear dedicated to providing a highly reliable stream of pr0n to the neighborhood.
It's one of those wonderfully convenient arrangements which ensures that the pr0n supply is plentiful, the church can draw a good crowd, Cisco's stock goes up a buck, and Senator Bedsore is guaranteed re-election.
Praise the lord and pass the kleenex, halleluja!