[anon1685]

As much as I detest censorship it seems to me that there's a good argument to be made for censoring pornography, or even outlawing it altogether.

I believe pornography is a destructive force in modern society. If modern leaders have (more or less) come to the conclusion that environmental pollution is harmful to earth and to human kind, and have put in place measures (however controversial) to reduce said pollution, maybe it's time for them to recognize that pornography is just as harmful, and that it too should be stopped, or at least reduced. If we need to take measures to protect our bodies, should we not also protect our souls?

[summerdown2]

I find this line of argument fascinating.

To take a parallel argument, we appear to be living at a time of mass reduction in violence and crime. Yet violent video games are everywhere.

I like to think I'm in favour of evidence-based policy. What evidence do you have for believing that pornography is a destructive force in modern society?

When I look, I tend to find things like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Commission_on_Obsc...

> On balance the report found that obscenity and pornography were not important social problems, that there was no evidence that exposure to such material was harmful to individuals, and that current legal and policy initiatives were more likely to create problems than solve them.

[hawkharris]

I'm genuinely interested in your logic here. Can you tell me more about how pornography is a destructive force in modern society?

Also, I'm curious as to whether you oppose all pornography or the type of pornography that is most prevalent in, say, the U.S. and the U.K.