We agree porn is bad, but should it be banned?

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I didn’t say we shouldn’t give up! That’s my whole point. Perhaps you didn’t read my post. That is exactly what I said, so this is some sort of circular reasoning!??
 
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I don’t think we are more lenient- it is illegal to sell porn to children.
 
That was a service that was offered on the dark web for awhile. For money, hackers would put child porn on someone’s computer without their knowledge and then tip the authorities.
 
Pornography should be banned, there would be no temptation if it isn’t there.
 
Personally, I do not think pornography should be banned. I think the obscenity trials we have had in The United States prove that identifying pornography/obscenity is pretty subjective and not a science. Some things that have gone on trial: Howl by Allen Ginsberg, and Ulysses by James Joyce.

I am not convinced that we need to make laws on earth to ban any or all immoral activity. It seems totally arbitrary to say we should ban pornography but not ban more socially acceptable forms of sin (such as lying, premarital sex, cheating, getting drunk, divorce, and taking advantage of poor people)
 
I would like to use another viewpoint. Porn isn’t the only problem, as we know, but it’s one of the biggest problems because there’s too much on the internet.

When we go to a store or look for services, we can only buy or use the ones that the market offers. When we watch TV, we can only watch the TV programs that are already running. When we use the internet, we can only find what is out there in the internet. So, if at least we could reduce the harmful offer of these products and services and hopefully replace them with better ones, then it’s ham would be reduced.

This is also a problem on the actual offer in the market. Most products and services for recreation are not focused even in the slightest sense in adding a little education to them. Certainly porn is terrible, but many of the people who watch it are trading off real love for satisfaction, since they can’t find the first one.

The government doesn’t help, for example, in aiding you against the capital sins, that are our seven most important weaknesses even when the U.S. and many countries say they beleive in God, acting as if they didn’t.

So, it isn’t just about banning porn but teaching love and how to live well and feel filled with it, otherwise, the market will offer something similar to it, if not worse or in worse levels.
 
Definition of hardcore? (Putting it here would be a bad idea, but there had better be a clear, legally usable one.)
 
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What is an example of real art that depicts people nude in sexual situations?

The Church doesn’t seem to define pornography subjectively based on intent or perception. It defines porn as real or simulated sex. That is very easy to identify.
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Look for art with the title, “Rape of the Sabine Women” or “Rape of Persephone,” et cetera. People in sexual situations, fully or partially nude, but the art does not intend to be erotic.
 
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If pornography isn’t obscene than what is? I mean for people who say it isn’t they must not think anything is obscene.
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Usually just means things that are themselves illegal: child porn, bestiality, etc. Porn that just depicts consenting adults naked or having sex with each is highly unlikely to be considered “obscene.”

Again, not saying that’s how I think it SHOULD be.
 
Those aren’t sexual situations. Rape used there comes from the Latino raptio, which means to carry off. Do you have any specific classic art that would be indecent?
 
Half may be an underestimate. Explain the popularity of no-fap groups on line.
 
Right. I mean, I get that there is a statute. Did you see the part about the Miller Test?
 
Yes. There is that standard for determining whether material is obscene. There is also the “I know it when I see it” legal standard.
 
Yes I know. I studied it in law school. 😉 I think it is good to discuss this topic. That way we do not assume that we have to live with things the way they currently are. Society did not always put up with such pervasive availability of obscene materials. We as a society can work toward limiting obscenity by using many different approaches.
 
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