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In reply to the discussion: When ideals collide... porn vs. feminism [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Some posters are pretty obvious in where their biases lie, while others are better at covering them up. But I can't imagine that anyone could justify expending such a vast amount of energy on a question that is almost invisible in the general discussion. Most of the discussion appears to originating from an emotional level-- far from any rational "progressive" thought.
Kiddie porn we know exists and the law is on it. If we can eradicate it is an open question, but at least we're working on it and have public support for the effort.
But "rape porn"? What is it? Where is it? What's the problem with it if it actually exists? If it's like snuff films that purport to be an actual murder for the excitement of truly sick minds, then it would be finding real rape victims to film while violated to excite another group of sick minds. And it's illegal under current law, as well it should be.
Other than that... it's people being paid to have sex in front of a camera. They are pretending to like each other or hate or fear each other-- it's called acting. That's all it is and since sex seems to be the only significant distinction between porn and any other filmmaking, violent or otherwise, sex is the problem for the anti-porn people. It is up to them to describe precisely why paying people to have sex in front of a camera is wrong.
The rest of us will watch it or not watch it as we see fit and would just prefer the noise level to be reduced a bit.