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I'm not opposed to a moral code, in fact, I welcome it. I am opposed the the knee-jerk puritanical reaction that anything related to SEX is automatically immor

I'm not opposed to a moral code, in fact, I welcome it. I am opposed the the knee-jerk puritanical reaction that anything related to SEX is automatically immoral. To quote George Michael: "Sex is natural, Sex is good."

JoeAltmaier 16y ago
My explicit point was, internet porn is an addiction factory. Porn in magazines, books, videos has a very healthy place - mostly because its social and portable. Porn on the internet has been neither. It is not designed creatively, for enjoyment socially, in venues suitable for sex.
- theBobMcCormick 16y ago
  Given that most genre's of media are moving (at least partially) away from magazines, books, and videos to the internet, I can't see how it's surprising that porn is also. I don't see how that makes internet porn any less health or moral than other porn.
  - JoeAltmaier 16y ago
    ...because its not social, not portable, very difficult to enjoy with a partner and rarely is. Because it can be force-fed from the Internet at tremendous speed, in a manner designed to feed addiction. Again, I have no moral issue with porn. The moral problem is in aiding and abetting the cashing-in on addictive personalities, in feeding that addiction and in ensnaring more people, all for cash.
    - theBobMcCormick 16y ago
      I can't believe we're spending so many reply's on such a trivial subject, but the logical fallacies here just bug me, so here goes. Not portable? Err.. iPad, iPhone, Laptop, Netbook..... Everything on the internet is portable these days, including porn. As for not social... Dude what kind of social group are you hanging out with that you're sharing your porn with them?!? As for whether it's difficult to enjoy with a partner: Does this mean people without a partner don't deserve porn?!? Besides which, I'm betting most copies of "tradditional" porn like Playboy, Penthouse, Playgirl, Behind the Green Door, etc. are "enjoyed" in a solitary fashion.

JoeAltmaier 16y ago

My explicit point was, internet porn is an addiction factory. Porn in magazines, books, videos has a very healthy place - mostly because its social and portable. Porn on the internet has been neither. It is not designed creatively, for enjoyment socially, in venues suitable for sex.

theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Given that most genre's of media are moving (at least partially) away from magazines, books, and videos to the internet, I can't see how it's surprising that porn is also. I don't see how that makes internet porn any less health or moral than other porn.
- JoeAltmaier 16y ago
  ...because its not social, not portable, very difficult to enjoy with a partner and rarely is. Because it can be force-fed from the Internet at tremendous speed, in a manner designed to feed addiction. Again, I have no moral issue with porn. The moral problem is in aiding and abetting the cashing-in on addictive personalities, in feeding that addiction and in ensnaring more people, all for cash.
  - theBobMcCormick 16y ago
    I can't believe we're spending so many reply's on such a trivial subject, but the logical fallacies here just bug me, so here goes. Not portable? Err.. iPad, iPhone, Laptop, Netbook..... Everything on the internet is portable these days, including porn. As for not social... Dude what kind of social group are you hanging out with that you're sharing your porn with them?!? As for whether it's difficult to enjoy with a partner: Does this mean people without a partner don't deserve porn?!? Besides which, I'm betting most copies of "tradditional" porn like Playboy, Penthouse, Playgirl, Behind the Green Door, etc. are "enjoyed" in a solitary fashion.