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Warren DeMontague

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60. Another public health crisis not being taken seriously by anyone except the folks whose careers

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 05:17 PM

Apr 2016

have been built on the hyperbolic making of shit up about it.

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Is porn immoral? That doesn’t matter: It’s a public health crisis. [View all] Recursion Apr 2016 OP

I'll pay attention to the idea it's harmful JackInGreen Apr 2016 #1

Gonzo porn is about 0.5% of network traffic Recursion Apr 2016 #2

porn is immortal SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #3

Only if the phone is low out of power. Skink Apr 2016 #4

I have to agree with your assessment Warpy Apr 2016 #5

Well I mean we also have partial gun prohibition here Recursion Apr 2016 #6

Bad False equivalence is Bad and False. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #12

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We've banned assault rifle sales for 80 years, very successfully Recursion Apr 2016 #15

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We should start requiring those pictures to be posted online. That will get MillennialDem Apr 2016 #29

Just wrenching. That whole thing. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #64

We need to face the FACTS on guns. It's too easy to just brush aside dead people as MillennialDem Apr 2016 #66

I could say the same thing about religion whirlygigspin Apr 2016 #7

Well, again, "control" is probably the wrong way to look at it there, just like with porn or drugs Recursion Apr 2016 #8

Yeah, well, porn companies have to pay taxes. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #11

Glossing over the fact that the law in your OP was passed by the most religiously conservative Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #25

The OP also had problems with that law Recursion Apr 2016 #30

It would be a weird thing to say, if he had actually said it. But again you have wildly Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #61

religion can have destructive effects Mosby Apr 2016 #52

This is a joke correct? rockfordfile Apr 2016 #111

Ignorance is bliss, right? Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #112

maybe Mosby Apr 2016 #115

But you just proved its not religion, it's the socialization that provides the benefit. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #119

Anything in excess can be a problem. Sherman A1 Apr 2016 #9

Gail Dines is hardly what you would call an objective, disinterested party in this argument. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #10

I like how knowledgeable you are on this subject. prayin4rain Apr 2016 #67

I think that, for one, anyone with windows 10 and a microsoft account should be able Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #68

In my experience, eleven to fourteen year olds are much older than prayin4rain Apr 2016 #70

Who cares? Bad Dog Apr 2016 #17

That explains it! Bonobo Apr 2016 #19

I can't see. Looks like a big pink cactus Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #20

Oh Warren... that's stage 3! nt Bonobo Apr 2016 #21

Acid causing flashbacks, sex toys opening demonic portals Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #22

Correlation is not causation, but Dines wants you to think it is muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #23

One need not look any further than the author to know this is going to be a complete load of shit Major Nikon Apr 2016 #43

If beating off is outlawed Kleenex would file chapter 11 titaniumsalute Apr 2016 #24

God, this agajn rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #26

When aliens pick through the rubble of our long-dead society... Orrex Apr 2016 #27

...they're also likely to mistake Walt Disney World... Chan790 Apr 2016 #33

Arthur C Clarke wrote a terrific short story about this, in fact Orrex Apr 2016 #34

The greatest public health crisis of our times gets treated like a joke, the thousands it kills Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #28

I see what you did there. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #62

I thought the greatest public health crisis was gun violence. milestogo Apr 2016 #72

I believe he is talking about the reaction to AIDS in the Reagan era and beyond Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #117

I think porn is just another form of fantasy entertainment. sofa king Apr 2016 #31

I lulz'd KG Apr 2016 #32

Yes it is, but people will go straight to "sex, sex, sex" and never touch the actual roots ck4829 Apr 2016 #35

Interesting post. prayin4rain Apr 2016 #56

You can have my porn when you peel it from my cold, sticky, dead hands... truebrit71 Apr 2016 #36

LOL I would high five you but both of us should Blue Dalek Apr 2016 #47

ROFLMAO!!! truebrit71 Apr 2016 #48

I'll give up porn NobodyHere Apr 2016 #37

Sounds like a strong argument for comprehensive sex ed Bradical79 Apr 2016 #38

I'm so ****ing glad someone finally crossed the finish line here Recursion Apr 2016 #41

It would certainly save a lot of folks from needing glasses and palm hair removal Major Nikon Apr 2016 #73

EXACTLY THIS. Thank you! nt auntpurl Apr 2016 #49

I'm sorry, what were you saying? sarisataka Apr 2016 #39

I think that government needs to stay out of people's sex lives Marrah_G Apr 2016 #40

So do I. Recursion Apr 2016 #42

But that's the point. It's not the government's job to regulate every little thing davidn3600 Apr 2016 #44

Call it all art; doesn't change the point Recursion Apr 2016 #45

You obviously haven't been following Gail Dines's career very closely Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #58

Then parents need to pay more attention Marrah_G Apr 2016 #74

oh, ffs. If you are raised to be empathetic, kind, and respectful... killbotfactory Apr 2016 #46

I don't think it's immoral, but porn is getting weirder, though. auntpurl Apr 2016 #50

I think porn had changed for the worse Mosby Apr 2016 #51

When was porn romantic? Marrah_G Apr 2016 #75

maybe romantic wasn't the right word Mosby Apr 2016 #113

lots of different kinds of porn out there Marrah_G Apr 2016 #118

Yes, those were the days of Romantic porn...like "Deep Throat" Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #120

that movie is G rated compared to todays porn Mosby Apr 2016 #122

LOL...thats your opinion. Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #123

Shrink: "Do you think sex is dirty?" Woody Allen: "It is if you're doing it right." immoderate Apr 2016 #53

Porn kills... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #54

Que the poutrage of the month...porn is back up Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #55

They are so boring in their predictability. Rex Apr 2016 #84

I really don't care. Oneironaut Apr 2016 #57

Combine it with shooting up marijuana and you have a recipe for Armageddon. zappaman Apr 2016 #59

Another public health crisis not being taken seriously by anyone except the folks whose careers Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #60

This completely ignores the correlation vs causation debate. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #63

Except she's using shitty and debunked studies. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #65

Blowjobs are "acts of aggression"?! Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #92

"I Thought Fellatio Was A Kind Of Pasta!" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #99

Funny thing about the right wingers being against it treestar Apr 2016 #69

Funny thing about left wingers being against it Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #71

"Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says" guillaumeb Apr 2016 #76

Their reason for calling it immoral is stupid liberal N proud Apr 2016 #77

Yes, that tail is totally wagging that dog. X_Digger Apr 2016 #78

i'm skeptical about the studies demonstrating what is claimed here. unblock Apr 2016 #79

She's rehashing some of the worst, most old debunked studies out there. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #82

low hanging fruit, as it were. unblock Apr 2016 #85

Or, it's not like there wasn't misogyny in the "good old", censorship-happy pre-internet porn days. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #86

Gail Dines??? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2016 #80

I know, right? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #81

Awww nobody cares about you or your buddies concern trolling anymore. Rex Apr 2016 #83

Huh? Recursion Apr 2016 #87

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sysadmin? that's a different thing, you know. We normally sit in the same part of the building DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #95

I have had both job titles, sysadmin more recently (well, that morphed to "devops") Recursion Apr 2016 #96

No more snark, just discussion. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #97

Small *IT* shops are horrible, but small non-IT shops I enjoy Recursion Apr 2016 #98

I found out that I very much like working where technology is the product. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #100

It's very possible we need more *porn*, but we need parents and kids to talk about with each other Recursion Apr 2016 #101

you realize, of course, that that is 180 degrees away from anything Gail Dines and her buddies are Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #103

I do not realize that; I hadn't heard of Dines before this column Recursion Apr 2016 #107

Yeah, that was kind of classic. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #108

Which includes rubbish promoted by Gail Dines? "frank" doesn't mean what you think it means. Major Nikon Apr 2016 #109

(Recursion is a decent guy, and we came to an understanding that caused us both to self-delete) DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #102

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Sorry, I'm having a bad week. I'll delete that Recursion Apr 2016 #105

I get it, man. Not trying to pile on, here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #106

Simple, just require that single people.... daleanime Apr 2016 #110

It's Utah LadyHawkAZ Apr 2016 #114

Funny story about porn and Utah. I actually was in SLC to see the Dead play in '95, of all places Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #116

Gotta break open my copy of "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #121

Yes, porn is immortal. GOLGO 13 Apr 2016 #124