2013-02-14, 09:04 PM
Declaimed Wrote: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.
Ah ok, I see what you're saying and I can agree with that. Like I said in an earlier post, I don't think the government should try to censor porn and as it has clearly been proven before (ex: U.S. alcohol prohibition), people will find ways to get what they want whether or not it is illegal. I was merely discussing some of the problems with pornography and why some people and countries feel it should be censored or banned because it seemed that some people that posted in here missed what I was talking about.
I do want to briefly mention that bolded part. I was not trying to single out men in my posts. Although I believe that more men than women watch porn, I am also aware that both men and women have the capability to abuse other people of both sexes. I wasn't trying to single out a certain sex as much as I was trying to discuss the problems that come with violent pornography.