tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520559915267373429.post1625496671327264009..comments2023-04-06T03:55:49.495-07:00Comments on Notes from the Handbasket: if porn is addictive, do we ban it?Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597007600326637447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520559915267373429.post-28903478945325160062013-10-23T20:15:24.635-07:002013-10-23T20:15:24.635-07:00Is it a true addiction? I don't know. What I d...Is it a true addiction? I don't know. What I do know is that if someone needs help to stop looking for child porn, that person should be able to get help without being reported to law enforcement. I call it an addiction because that is what makes sense to me. I am most definitely a layman.<br /><br />I was clear in saying that banning porn is an impossibility, so my wishful thinking (that comes from my own circumstances) is <i>only</i> wishful thinking. Don't try to pull me into a discussion about whether this porn or that porn is acceptable. If you (not Ethan-you, but the general, undefined <i>you</i>) like porn, have at it...though I think there are other ways to spend time that would be better for you and your family.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597007600326637447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520559915267373429.post-53966844205589981092013-10-23T09:53:41.323-07:002013-10-23T09:53:41.323-07:00As usual, I agree with you that criminalizing porn...As usual, I agree with you that criminalizing porn possession is wrong and counterproductive.<br /><br />The scientists I know who study sexual issues are all agreed that there is no such thing as porn addiction. For some people, it could be a bad habit that is hard to break, however -- which to the layman may be much the same thing.<br /><br />"If I could, with a stroke of luck or genius or my pen, make all pornography vanish, I would do it."<br /><br />Do you think pictures of smiling naked women are a bad thing? Or videos of married couples having sex? Or are you saying that the good from banning all pornography would outweigh the harm of stifling some harmless pornography? Would you (if you could in this impossible world) make sexually suggestive advertising vanish too?<br />Ethan Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830828059138370779noreply@blogger.com