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I wonder how many problems in the middle east would be solved by bringing em' easy access to porn...

by yc1010 11y ago

jazzyk 11y ago
A lot. Even more by giving young men ANY access to women :-)
- larrys 11y ago
  Ah yes. Operation "me loves you long time". Ref: Full Metal Jacket (link is a nsfw video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tce-THLUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tce-THLUE
larrys 11y ago
Interesting theory actually. And so simple (and as academics say "elegant"). You have to wonder why the US isn't raining down "propaganda porn viewing devices" instead of leaflets. (I'm serious a self contained unit with an LCD and enough memory and power to play some porn..perhaps with solar charging to boot.) Of course the reason they would never do this has something to do with how porn is viewed by mainstream folks and how an aghast media would present this even if it was an actual practical solution to a problem. Would seem to be worth a try.
amelius 11y ago
It might as well be the other way around. Perhaps these men already have easy access, and are now frustrated that they cannot find women who can live up to their expectations (the real women are often covered by a burqa, after all). Also, porn is known to be capable of messing up marriages, so I guess it will certainly not solve any problems related to normal family life (which is what we want these men to pursue), and the morals that come with it.
- aaronbrethorst 11y ago
  Also, porn is known to be capable of messing up marriages citation needed.
- int_handler 11y ago
  the morals that come with it You're assuming that all porn is immoral. Another counterargument to your claim is that porn can provide an alternative to infidelity, which tends to mess up marriages to a greater extent. Further, some of those societies already have many of these problems, such as objectifying women (which they do to a greater extent such as requiring them to cover their entire bodies), as a direct result of the culture being so closed in terms of sex.
  - amelius 11y ago
    What is meant is that these men committing war-crimes is immoral. Also, regardless of the "marriage" argument I made, if these men had normal relationships with women, I think the problems would be much less severe. Porn is working against that, not helping it.
Gustomaximus 11y ago
They already do. I used to work for a company where we would see Internet traffic routing all over the world and the middle east was no different in having several porn sites in their top ten most visited. Sorry, this hasn't seemed to solve it.
pjc50 11y ago
It's already there. It was found even in Bin Laden's non-internet-connected compound, remember?
- tsotha 11y ago
  Maybe. Doesn't that strike you as the sort of thing the government would tell everyone, whether or not it's true?
azth 11y ago
What is that even supposed to mean?

I wonder how many problems in the middle east would be solved by bringing em' easy access to porn...

by yc1010 11y ago

I wonder how many problems in the middle east would be solved by bringing em' easy access to porn...

jazzyk 11y ago

A lot. Even more by giving young men ANY access to women :-)

larrys 11y ago
Ah yes. Operation "me loves you long time". Ref: Full Metal Jacket (link is a nsfw video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tce-THLUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tce-THLUE

larrys 11y ago

Interesting theory actually. And so simple (and as academics say "elegant"). You have to wonder why the US isn't raining down "propaganda porn viewing devices" instead of leaflets. (I'm serious a self contained unit with an LCD and enough memory and power to play some porn..perhaps with solar charging to boot.) Of course the reason they would never do this has something to do with how porn is viewed by mainstream folks and how an aghast media would present this even if it was an actual practical solution to a problem. Would seem to be worth a try.

amelius 11y ago

It might as well be the other way around. Perhaps these men already have easy access, and are now frustrated that they cannot find women who can live up to their expectations (the real women are often covered by a burqa, after all). Also, porn is known to be capable of messing up marriages, so I guess it will certainly not solve any problems related to normal family life (which is what we want these men to pursue), and the morals that come with it.

aaronbrethorst 11y ago
Also, porn is known to be capable of messing up marriages citation needed.
int_handler 11y ago
the morals that come with it You're assuming that all porn is immoral. Another counterargument to your claim is that porn can provide an alternative to infidelity, which tends to mess up marriages to a greater extent. Further, some of those societies already have many of these problems, such as objectifying women (which they do to a greater extent such as requiring them to cover their entire bodies), as a direct result of the culture being so closed in terms of sex.
- amelius 11y ago
  What is meant is that these men committing war-crimes is immoral. Also, regardless of the "marriage" argument I made, if these men had normal relationships with women, I think the problems would be much less severe. Porn is working against that, not helping it.

Gustomaximus 11y ago

They already do. I used to work for a company where we would see Internet traffic routing all over the world and the middle east was no different in having several porn sites in their top ten most visited. Sorry, this hasn't seemed to solve it.

pjc50 11y ago

It's already there. It was found even in Bin Laden's non-internet-connected compound, remember?

tsotha 11y ago
Maybe. Doesn't that strike you as the sort of thing the government would tell everyone, whether or not it's true?

azth 11y ago

What is that even supposed to mean?