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Consumers of pornography are victims?

cookiecaper 17y ago
Yes. Pornography is deeply addictive. Many are drawn to pornography with woefully little warning or information on its dangers. Pornography is "false love". It is a counterfeit. It can destroy real love and hurt many innocent people. Its producers exploit the human tendency toward it to make a lot of money while simultaneously victimizing and addicting their consumers. Pornography dealers are hard drug dealers.
- jp_sc 17y ago
  You're doing it wrong.
  - tome 17y ago
    Got any tips for doing it right?
    - mortenjorck 17y ago
      Use it responsibly, like alcohol?
      - Andys 17y ago
        Because telling people to be responsible has stopped all binge drinking.
        PostOnce 17y ago
        No, but responsibility is a cure for the negative effects of drinking, like running over a kid or dissolving your marriage. Some people are just too retarded to be responsible. That's the point.
      - cookiecaper 17y ago
        There is no way to use it responsibly. It is toxic in all amounts. Any pornography consumption is too much pornography consumption.
- Jun8 17y ago
  These are pretty major claims you're making, do you have any data to back them? A lot of factors "can destroy real love", e.g. kids, marriage, TV, etc. On a different note, why do you think there's an inherent "human tendency toward" porn, if it is such a disgusting and dangerous thing.
  - cookiecaper 17y ago
    "Kids, marriage, TV, etc." can introduce strains or challenges in a relationship that can tear it down if not handled correctly. Pornography by its nature is harmful. It is poison to love. They are entirely different categories. There is a lot of data to corroborate these ideas. There are many porn consumers who have recognized their addictions, even if they are not actively battling them. You can learn about these things by looking for them. http://obscenitycrimes.org/cline_unabridged.pdf http://obscenitycrimes.org/cline_unabridged.pdf is a 23-page (unfortunately magazine-like) overview of the research of one sex therapist; I couldn't find something more clinical in the brief time I was able to look. Regarding the default tendency, there are many things that humans naturally prefer that are much, much worse than the alternatives. There is a default inclination toward drugs and other seriously harmful solutions, but that doesn't make heroin good, does it? Our attraction to these things is a very complex issue which I'm not fit to explain scientifically. That doesn't mean it's not real.
    - jonny_noog 17y ago
      This kind of binary, authoritarian view of any subject really gets my goat up. Who are they (the writer you cite) or you to be judging and telling anyone else how they should be living their life? Because face it, that's exactly what they're/you're doing. There is a default inclination toward drugs and other seriously harmful solutions, but that doesn't make heroin good, does it? Doesn't make it all bad either. Opiates are used as effective pain killers. The legal status of drugs seems to correlate very loosely with how harmful they are.
      - cookiecaper 17y ago
        Right, sex isn't all bad, the things that make us attracted to naked bodies are good. Tearing those things out of context and exploiting them for personal enrichment (pornography) is just as wrong as tearing opiates out of their context in medical treatment and exploiting them for personal enrichment. I don't know why you're coming in here talking about law because I never brought that up. It's a different issue. I'm not telling anyone how to live his/her life. I'm just informing people and giving them facts I know. Each person is free to make his/her own choices and I don't endeavor to remove or abridge that freedom.

Yes. Pornography is deeply addictive. Many are drawn to pornography with woefully little warning or information on its dangers. Pornography is "false love". It is a counterfeit. It can destroy real love and hurt many innocent people. Its producers exploit the human tendency toward it to make a lot of money while simultaneously victimizing and addicting their consumers. Pornography dealers are hard drug dealers.

jp_sc 17y ago
You're doing it wrong.
- tome 17y ago
  Got any tips for doing it right?
  - mortenjorck 17y ago
    Use it responsibly, like alcohol?
    - Andys 17y ago
      Because telling people to be responsible has stopped all binge drinking.
      - PostOnce 17y ago
        No, but responsibility is a cure for the negative effects of drinking, like running over a kid or dissolving your marriage. Some people are just too retarded to be responsible. That's the point.
    - cookiecaper 17y ago
      There is no way to use it responsibly. It is toxic in all amounts. Any pornography consumption is too much pornography consumption.
Jun8 17y ago
These are pretty major claims you're making, do you have any data to back them? A lot of factors "can destroy real love", e.g. kids, marriage, TV, etc. On a different note, why do you think there's an inherent "human tendency toward" porn, if it is such a disgusting and dangerous thing.
- cookiecaper 17y ago
  "Kids, marriage, TV, etc." can introduce strains or challenges in a relationship that can tear it down if not handled correctly. Pornography by its nature is harmful. It is poison to love. They are entirely different categories. There is a lot of data to corroborate these ideas. There are many porn consumers who have recognized their addictions, even if they are not actively battling them. You can learn about these things by looking for them. http://obscenitycrimes.org/cline_unabridged.pdf http://obscenitycrimes.org/cline_unabridged.pdf is a 23-page (unfortunately magazine-like) overview of the research of one sex therapist; I couldn't find something more clinical in the brief time I was able to look. Regarding the default tendency, there are many things that humans naturally prefer that are much, much worse than the alternatives. There is a default inclination toward drugs and other seriously harmful solutions, but that doesn't make heroin good, does it? Our attraction to these things is a very complex issue which I'm not fit to explain scientifically. That doesn't mean it's not real.
  - jonny_noog 17y ago
    This kind of binary, authoritarian view of any subject really gets my goat up. Who are they (the writer you cite) or you to be judging and telling anyone else how they should be living their life? Because face it, that's exactly what they're/you're doing. There is a default inclination toward drugs and other seriously harmful solutions, but that doesn't make heroin good, does it? Doesn't make it all bad either. Opiates are used as effective pain killers. The legal status of drugs seems to correlate very loosely with how harmful they are.
    - cookiecaper 17y ago
      Right, sex isn't all bad, the things that make us attracted to naked bodies are good. Tearing those things out of context and exploiting them for personal enrichment (pornography) is just as wrong as tearing opiates out of their context in medical treatment and exploiting them for personal enrichment. I don't know why you're coming in here talking about law because I never brought that up. It's a different issue. I'm not telling anyone how to live his/her life. I'm just informing people and giving them facts I know. Each person is free to make his/her own choices and I don't endeavor to remove or abridge that freedom.