2013-02-14, 08:32 PM
By "Media", I refer to all popular forms of video, audio, and print communications in the form of consumable content, this including movies, television, and in this case, pornography.
I have a fundamental distaste for government censorship or control, and so that is why I don't agree with your argument, though solid otherwise. I believe that a person acts upon his own accord at his own risk, being well aware of the impact on those around him or her. I don't believe the government can effectively stop the pornography from reaching the demographic it intends to censor from (In this case, younger audiences), and I believe that they are foolish to try.
If a person wants something... no matter how vile, corrupted, or harmful to them (or to others), they will obtain it somehow. This is why black markets exist. Because there is a natural and feverishly strong desire for sexual content (especially by the males who could, by your argument, assault women), it will be gotten, no matter the means.
I have a fundamental distaste for government censorship or control, and so that is why I don't agree with your argument, though solid otherwise. I believe that a person acts upon his own accord at his own risk, being well aware of the impact on those around him or her. I don't believe the government can effectively stop the pornography from reaching the demographic it intends to censor from (In this case, younger audiences), and I believe that they are foolish to try.
If a person wants something... no matter how vile, corrupted, or harmful to them (or to others), they will obtain it somehow. This is why black markets exist. Because there is a natural and feverishly strong desire for sexual content (especially by the males who could, by your argument, assault women), it will be gotten, no matter the means.