Pornography, should it be banned?

[Forgetitnow344]

Your friend sounds dumb.

But really, pornography is a problem. You just can't cure it with a ban or anything like that. The best way to solve the biggest problems with porn is to watch this video right here:


Seriously, it's an excellent video which would make any guy cut back his porn intake.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Your friend traveled through time straight from the 16th century? Wow that is amazing...
Well I would give him some time to adjust, it can be quite a shock how things changed since we're not crapping into a corner anymore.

 

[IamQ]

You can bann porn, but what will poor Willy do then? He has a very special relationship with miss palm and her five sisters, and you're just going to ruin that? He's got it hard enough as it is getting to know others, and now you're going to take him away from his lover? You make me sick.

 

[Danial]

I am making a new law, I Dub this CM Punks Law (as Punk is a baws). Anytime anyone puts a statistic and then adds the word "Apparently" that statistic and every other point is thrown out.

Also, what about Hentai? sure the first 2 points stand but the rest are gone, Do we ban all porn or all real porn?

 

[Forgetitnow344]

Modern courtship is basically legalized prostitution, if you think about it. One way or another, we're paying for it.

I hate this mentality. If this is how your sex life works, you're doing it wrong. 100% of the people I've had sex with have happened as a result of mutual attraction and interest. And no, not after a handful of dates where all I've done is tapdance and throw twenties at them all night. Every girl I've ever been interested in has been the kind who would gladly take a man out for dinner and a movie instead of the other way around. In fact, my current girlfriend and I usually have to race from the car to the box office whenever we go to the movies to determine who's paying. Women aren't interested in money, whores are.

IMO, picking a girl up and giving her things until she has sex with you is always going to be just a glorified form of masturbation.

 

[ElPatron]

Your friend is a lunatic.

Ask him if he wants to ban cars that can go over 90mph, alcohol and tobacco while he is at it.

This point has me flabbergasted every time. How do people mix up prostitution and pornography so often?

Because crime. If you have a bunch of girls forced into prostitution, you take their earnings and buy a camera plus lighting. You won't need to pay them, and you can invite friends that probably won't even charge for starring (when you're in a shady mafia you known a LOT of people dumb enough to allow for video evidence of such a thing).

Most of the child pornography in the world is also linked with underage sex slavery.

Your post was like asking "what do drugs have to do with prostitution?", "what does firearms traffic have to do with prostitution?" or "what does corruption have to do with prostitution?".

It's all related.

 

[Private Custard]

I'd say that people that think porn should be banned should remove the sticks from their arseholes........but there's a porno for that too!

Utterly fucking ridiculous idea. Porn exists because people like porn. People star in porn because it pays the bills. Hell, if someone offered me a few grand (£10,000+!), I'd probably do it too!

 

[Soviet Steve]

Firstly your friend is a liar or a fool, and secondly no, of course not.

 

[Blackhammer99]

In many countries, seeing another human naked is far less offensive than violence etc.
I'm not sure why so many people find it so offensive to see pornography, but I think as society matures, this will become far less relevant.

 

[malestrithe]

Porn can't be banned outright. It's protected by the first amendment.

Also, your friend needs to come up with a better lie, op. No study out there exists with a 98 percent certainty of anything. The best you can come up with is 95 percent, but only in the most rigidly applied circumstances.

Now, he may not like porn and think that for all of the stated reasons, and that is his choice. Where he crosses the line into absurd is saying that he is opposed to it, therefore everyone should be as well.

 

[DoPo]

Also, your friend needs to come up with a better lie, op. No study out there exists with a 98 percent certainty of anything. The best you can come up with is 95 percent, but only in the most rigidly applied circumstances.

No, that isn't 98% confidence interval. That's straight 98% statistics. You can conduct a study that results on 98% of people holding a certain opinion with 95% confidence level - those aren't exclusive.

But yes, this study doesn't have a high confidence level.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Porn shouldn't be banned but it SHOULD be better policed and with possibly less of the icky stuff that is VERY easy to stumble upon on the free sites... er... I mean... um... I don't spend long periods of time on those sites... *shifts eyes* no... never...

 

[Aerosteam]

What the hell are you going to do when you're alone in the house and have complete access to the Internet?

Spoiler: Answer

Go on the Escapist, herpaderp

 

[ElPatron]

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A crackdown on illegal firearms would cripple their source of income. It all balances out. Restrictions on firearms don't mean anything because I have seen so many kinds of improvised firearms that sometimes I ask myself how many people are making money from zipguns and "killsticks".

Crackdown on drugs? They will have trouble keeping their prostitutes high.

Prostitution and pornography are very closely tied. Most people just don't realize it because the most watched content usually belongs to big names in the industry that follow the law.

Porn shouldn't be banned but it SHOULD be better policed and with possibly less of the icky stuff that is VERY easy to stumble upon on the free sites... er... I mean... um... I don't spend long periods of time on those sites... *shifts eyes* no... never...

Restricting the pornography is really dumb. We don't need more laws. If a certain kind of porn is breaking a law, then the authorities have to take care of the matter.

Suddenly wasting taxpayer's money surveying the internet is pants-on-head retarded, and some countries already restrict what you can or can't watch.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

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A crackdown on illegal firearms would cripple their source of income. It all balances out. Restrictions on firearms don't mean anything because I have seen so many kinds of improvised firearms that sometimes I ask myself how many people are making money from zipguns and "killsticks".

Crackdown on drugs? They will have trouble keeping their prostitutes high.

Prostitution and pornography are very closely tied. Most people just don't realize it because the most watched content usually belongs to big names in the industry that follow the law.

Porn shouldn't be banned but it SHOULD be better policed and with possibly less of the icky stuff that is VERY easy to stumble upon on the free sites... er... I mean... um... I don't spend long periods of time on those sites... *shifts eyes* no... never...

Restricting the pornography is really dumb. We don't need more laws. If a certain kind of porn is breaking a law, then the authorities have to take care of the matter.

Suddenly wasting taxpayer's money surveying the internet is pants-on-head retarded, and some countries already restrict what you can or can't watch.

I beg to differ! While porn is all well and good there is stuff out there that breaks so many laws that its not even funny and it should be brought down and the people evolved with the creation of such things should be publicly humiliated (I'm aware how that sounds)

The fact that there are videos of people being killed on the internet should be proof enough the internet needs to be better regulated in general...

 

[DrRockor]

- Pornography completely objectifies women

I have seen stuff where men are objectified as well. Doesn't dismiss this but it does go both ways

- It sets unrealistic standards for real sex

Except all that amature stuff where its just 2 people who filmed themselves having sex and uploaded it

- Many sex slaves in the world are linked to pornography

I sincerily doubt this. I'm sure some are but the majority of money is consenting

- 98% of female performers in pornography are unhappy (Apparently from a real study according to him)

If they did they would stop and get a job somewhere else. Porn isn't like prostitution where they have a pimp beating them and stopping them from leaving.

- Lack of pornography would mean a drop in sexual crimes (I think completely the opposite)

I think that it would increase it to be honest. All those people who have rape fantasies might go out and actually do it instead of watching porn of it.

- Stops children getting their hands on porno by accident

Why is this such a bad thing?! They're going to find out about the stuff anyway and if they're male probably consume a large amount. The kids finding daddy's porn collection just means another awkward conversation that will probably happen anyway.

- If pornography was banned, it would mean a drop in human trafficking (again, an opinion I think completely the opposite to)

May increase it actually.

So I dont think his points are very good. I'm not going to say that he's dumb, he's entitled to his views but I think porn fills a gap in the market that some people don't want to admit exists and it being illigal would be pointless.