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guthmund · 04-27-2005, 01:53 PM

It's not that it isn't an addiction. These kids actions say otherwise.

It's an addiction, it should be treated as such. It can be broken or, at the very least, dealt with. We have alcoholics, prescription drug abusers, and people addicted to smoking (just to name a few of the more prominent addictions), but we've yet to declare alcohol, prescription drugs, or tobacco to be the scourge of the nation and the downfall of our youth, which is what this article is sort of implying by trying to incriminate pornography.

Coincidentally, it's the very same argument I hear coming out of the mouths of anti-pornography groups. Porn is bad, it's addicting, corrupts children, and although we've found no hard evidence, there's a good chance it's turning your children into little perverts that will ravage society with their sexual deviances later on.

If it's an addiction, and I believe that it can be, then treat it like one. We limit purchase of alcohol and tobacco by age, we limit the availability of prescription drugs with doctors, is it too much to put the responsibility of limiting the access to pornography on the parents?

Is that really too much? If you don't want your kids watching Cinemax, don't order it. If you don't want your kids reading Playboy, don't hide them under your mattress. If you don't want your kids racking up $1200 worth of charges at porn sites, get up off your ass, show a little initiative and get involved. God forbid, they parent their own children.

I like porn. Don't take it away or attempt to villify me because you can't be bothered to pay attention to your own kids.

04-27-2005, 01:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	It's not that it isn't an addiction. These kids actions say otherwise. It's an addiction, it should be treated as such. It can be broken or, at the very least, dealt with. We have alcoholics, prescription drug abusers, and people addicted to smoking (just to name a few of the more prominent addictions), but we've yet to declare alcohol, prescription drugs, or tobacco to be the scourge of the nation and the downfall of our youth, which is what this article is sort of implying by trying to incriminate pornography. Coincidentally, it's the very same argument I hear coming out of the mouths of anti-pornography groups. Porn is bad, it's addicting, corrupts children, and although we've found no hard evidence, there's a good chance it's turning your children into little perverts that will ravage society with their sexual deviances later on. If it's an addiction, and I believe that it can be, then treat it like one. We limit purchase of alcohol and tobacco by age, we limit the availability of prescription drugs with doctors, is it too much to put the responsibility of limiting the access to pornography on the parents? Is that really too much? If you don't want your kids watching Cinemax, don't order it. If you don't want your kids reading Playboy, don't hide them under your mattress. If you don't want your kids racking up $1200 worth of charges at porn sites, get up off your ass, show a little initiative and get involved. God forbid, they parent their own children. I like porn. Don't take it away or attempt to villify me because you can't be bothered to pay attention to your own kids. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.