You people scare me. Need I point out the numerous unfounded, biased, and skewed perceptions in this logic?
Holy generalizations Batman! 'You people?' This must be some sort of personal crusade for you or something. I am interested in why you feel this way, and honestly - I'm not trying to just antagonize you. As for your question, all of the logic above has factual and personally percieved backing, so I am very confident that it is correct.
I see. An pornography is the sole evil destroying the moral character behind all failed marriages. And behind all the moral deacy in America.
No way! I am the first to admit that it is not the sole evil destroying the moral character. There are many more ways - this world has plenty! That's a bit of a stretch to generalize that out of what I said, but no matter. Pornography, indecency, smut, immorality... call it what you like - they are all related. And yes, they are having a negative effect on marriages in this country. They are NOT the only causes (read -> as a many-to-one relationship, where only one of the 'many' is listed), but they do play a part.
Your assertion that it is pornography that breaks up families is wildly unfounded and completely off base. It is character conflicts, money, and sex.
Ahh... but you are only quoting the end results, not the roots of the problem. If you had read the article I attached, you would know that there is a real correllation between two of the items that you listed above: pornography -> character conflicts, pornography -> sex. You see, the degradation of moral character is the CAUSE of these problems. Unfortunately, in this country we always try to treat the symptoms... never the cause.
If a community wants smut out of the library, and a libarian's options are to throw some janky software on the computer or tell the local parents to raise their kids right, censorship ho!
I say go for both options... The only safe way. Of course, it's not going to do much good to have the librarians telling parents to raise their children better...
Sure, kooky works for me;). It's nice to be different.
Tell me, do you see any correllation between the recent rise of the ACCEPTANCE of pornography and smut in the last few decades, and the destruction and breakup of the family? I sure do. Now that I am married, I can only appreciate more how destructive immorality is to a healthy, trusting relationship.
This isn't about free choice, it's about the fabric of our society. Wonder why we are having so many problems? The family is falling apart - and this is one of the major problems.
MSNBC ran an article today that just starts to scratch the tip of the problem. http://www.msnbc.com/news/376204.asp Note what effect it has on interpersonal relationships...
Just because the two links above are from one particular organization that you may not agree with on all issues is no reason to discount their value to the community at large or to the debate on the issue at hand.
LOL! Did you think that I was trying to discourage people from reading the particular links? I missed my mark if that was so.. Nope, I'm just very disenchanted with them over some insane issues in the past. I was merely trying to raise a warning voice that they aren't Knights in Shining armor. Luckily this is still a free country and I can present an opposing position.
The more you limit the 'set' of knowledge that is available, the less they will be able to protect themselves from dangers that lie outside of that set.
This is a completely false statement. You don't have to roll around mud to know that it is dirty. Likewise, you don't have to roll around in the smut to know that it can warp your conception of people (women esp), and turn them into nothing by sex objects.
A more direct way to protect the children is to come down hard on people that try to exploit them. It truly disgusts me that there are people that exploit children to further their own goals or to line their pockets. If we can get the politicians to stop doing this then maybe we can spend more time stopping the rest.
However, I completely agree with you there! Without consequences, there is no fear.
If you are a member of the ACLU and you truly are part of the organization to uphold peoples rights, then that's a good thing. But from what I have seen generally, they have their own agenda that is doing it's best to destroy some basic principles of society.
"News for nerds, Stuff that matters" Does this matter? Yup Is this news that will directly affect you and me sometime in the near future? Yup. I rest my case.
Watch out for Ameritech... it just took me 2.5 months to get it set up. And it still didn't work right. I've spent the last month getting all the bugs out. Covad hasn't been a whole lot of help, either - misreading my distance by 3000 ft. My advice is to find a large ISP that has some pull with COVAD, and go through them. At least then you have a contact. Ameritech will still take their sweet time with the installation though.
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You people scare me. Need I point out the numerous unfounded, biased, and skewed perceptions in this logic?
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Holy generalizations Batman! 'You people?' This must be some sort of personal crusade for you or something. I am interested in why you feel this way, and honestly - I'm not trying to just antagonize you. As for your question, all of the logic above has factual and personally percieved backing, so I am very confident that it is correct.
I see. An pornography is the sole evil destroying the moral character behind all failed marriages. And behind all the moral deacy in America.
No way! I am the first to admit that it is not the sole evil destroying the moral character. There are many more ways - this world has plenty! That's a bit of a stretch to generalize that out of what I said, but no matter. Pornography, indecency, smut, immorality... call it what you like - they are all related. And yes, they are having a negative effect on marriages in this country. They are NOT the only causes (read -> as a many-to-one relationship, where only one of the 'many' is listed), but they do play a part.
I'm sorry I scare you.
Dont try and spread your lies here..
;)
Ok, if I ever think I'm lying, I won't post it.
Your assertion that it is pornography that breaks up families is wildly unfounded and completely off base. It is character conflicts, money, and sex.
Ahh... but you are only quoting the end results, not the roots of the problem. If you had read the article I attached, you would know that there is a real correllation between two of the items that you listed above: pornography -> character conflicts, pornography -> sex. You see, the degradation of moral character is the CAUSE of these problems. Unfortunately, in this country we always try to treat the symptoms... never the cause.
If a community wants smut out of the library, and a libarian's options are to throw some janky software on the computer or tell the local parents to raise their kids right, censorship ho!
I say go for both options... The only safe way. Of course, it's not going to do much good to have the librarians telling parents to raise their children better...
Moms are cool, Mmmmkay?
You don't always have to spend lots of money to get good results ;). It's called efficiency.
Sure, kooky works for me ;). It's nice to be different.
Tell me, do you see any correllation between the recent rise of the ACCEPTANCE of pornography and smut in the last few decades, and the destruction and breakup of the family? I sure do. Now that I am married, I can only appreciate more how destructive immorality is to a healthy, trusting relationship.
This isn't about free choice, it's about the fabric of our society. Wonder why we are having so many problems? The family is falling apart - and this is one of the major problems.
MSNBC ran an article today that just starts to scratch the tip of the problem. http://www.msnbc.com/news/376204.asp Note what effect it has on interpersonal relationships...
Just because the two links above are from one particular organization that you may not agree with on all issues is no reason to discount their value to the community at large or to the debate on the issue at hand.
LOL! Did you think that I was trying to discourage people from reading the particular links? I missed my mark if that was so.. Nope, I'm just very disenchanted with them over some insane issues in the past. I was merely trying to raise a warning voice that they aren't Knights in Shining armor. Luckily this is still a free country and I can present an opposing position.
The more you limit the 'set' of knowledge that is available, the less they will be able to protect themselves from dangers that lie outside of that set.
This is a completely false statement. You don't have to roll around mud to know that it is dirty. Likewise, you don't have to roll around in the smut to know that it can warp your conception of people (women esp), and turn them into nothing by sex objects.
A more direct way to protect the children is to come down hard on people that try to exploit them. It truly disgusts me that there are people that exploit children to further their own goals or to line their pockets. If we can get the politicians to stop doing this then maybe we can spend more time stopping the rest.
However, I completely agree with you there! Without consequences, there is no fear.
If you are a member of the ACLU and you truly are part of the organization to uphold peoples rights, then that's a good thing. But from what I have seen generally, they have their own agenda that is doing it's best to destroy some basic principles of society.
From what I know, and from what you just said... You are definately the weak link in the equation. I don't believe a word you just said..
"News for nerds, Stuff that matters" Does this matter? Yup Is this news that will directly affect you and me sometime in the near future? Yup. I rest my case.
Watch out for Ameritech... it just took me 2.5 months to get it set up. And it still didn't work right. I've spent the last month getting all the bugs out. Covad hasn't been a whole lot of help, either - misreading my distance by 3000 ft. My advice is to find a large ISP that has some pull with COVAD, and go through them. At least then you have a contact. Ameritech will still take their sweet time with the installation though.