Banning Certain Media

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What are your thoughts or suggestions concerning the banning of media that is opposed to the teaching of the Church?
 
Banning on what level? In your home, sure. If you own a business, sure. Should the government starting banning media opposed to Church teaching? No. Freedom of religion and freedom of speech work both ways.
 
I already do that - by personal choice. TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, social media - all gone. I am much happier. Turns out that was all fluff. Chatter. Gossip. God is found in silence; in the still, small voice and not in media noise.

I listen to carefully chosen (use CAUTION on YouTube!) videos and Catholic radio. Books by well-known orthodox Catholic thinkers. Uplifting. Efficacious. Anger-free.
 
If by banning you mean refraining from viewing it yourself, sure. That’s a personal choice.

If you mean the government banning it, no.
 
I’ve heard persuasive arguments in favor of banning, for example, pornography, but I can’t imagine the backlash. It seems to me that we’re a long way from being able to open that discussion as a society. Honestly, though, I can’t give a definite answer either way as to what I think should happen at this time. The First Amendment does exist for a reason (and to the benefit of the Church as well!).
 
Let’s discuss pornography now. All forms should be banned. There is no reason for human beings to exploit others that way. If the national government won’t do it, local groups should. There is no reason to legalize pornography as expression. The pornographers have reached the limits of what they can show, and it is backfiring on them.
 
Pornography, I can understand that banning it would at least make a statement about our values as nation. It truly does hurt everyone involved.
However, I also know that banning something won’t make it go away. It’s relatively easy to get on Tor and access anything. Ideally, we would create a society where love is not equated with lust, where all people are seen as worthy of dignity and respect. Porn is a symptom of a deeper problem, and until we address the root of the problem, the porn industry will continue to prosper.
 
Banning by whom? The Church? If so, I would support bringing back the Index of forbidden books, and including various other media in it.
 
Standing up for the truth is a one step at a time process. Doing nothing will mean no results. The so-called adult entertainment industry needs a clear message: time’s up on the internet. There are porn addicts out there but that was before the internet and under the name Adult Bookstores.
 
I’m not saying we shouldn’t ban porn. I’m saying that, ideally, we don’t need a ban because people choose not to pursue it. I also don’t think that banning as a first step will be effective. As I said, anyone can download the Tor browser and hop right onto the deep web where bans and laws make no difference.
 
The only censorship I wish “they” would institute is those wretched ads by personal injury lawyers.
 
My concern are those who are not prepared enough to make a real decision (youth) which cultivates a society that continues to degrade it’s own value system. I think the problem with my society is that we can not collectively take a firm enough stance on what is obviously problematic. It’s a tough call either way.
 
There’s no surer way to increase the circulation or readership of a book than by having the Church ban it.
 
Certainly but culpability increases and the faithful will practice in accordance which is handed down through generations.
 
It is time to convince the faithful that what is currently going on is wrong. Then to take measures to ensure the lawless parts of the internet are exposed as wrong, not a normal part of life.
 
Yes, but it’s the responsibility of the parents to ensure they raise children who are capable of making good decisions. Banning things is, in my opinion, more likely to lead to disaster than simply cultivating discipline and will power in our children.
 
edwest211 said:
The so-called adult entertainment industry needs a clear message: time’s up on the internet.
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The low cost and ease of producing such content means that thousands of otherwise “normal” couples would fill that space, which isn’t that far from the current situation.

Given the waning stigma of its consumption I don’t think anything will change besides where it is produced.
 
I think most Catholics know that porn is wrong, and most people don’t consider the lawless parts of the internet as “normal”. But banning things does not make them go away, it simply makes effective conversations less likely to take place. If you ban porn, what happens to the millions of people already addicted? They don’t stop using, if that were the case we’d have no meth or heroin addicts. However, we do remove the ability to safely seek help when they realize they need it.
 
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