Should porn be legal?

[Maxwell]

Should porn be legal?

This may be a bit of a strawman, but I'll go ahead and ask: what is the difference between pornography and prostitution?

Anyways, yes, porn should be legal (normal)

[Torie]

It already is.

[Lief 🗽]

Yeah, but as I've grown older, it's become pretty clear to me that teenagers having constant access to high definition pornographic video on demand is probably not a very good thing. Even when I was growing up, we were still just looking at the pictures mostly. Maybe sometimes you'd find like a blurry two minute long video on Kazaa.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

It already is.

That's what I thought.

[Maxwell]

It already is.

I know, but the question is should it be.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

It already is.

I know, but the question is should it be.

Of course (normal)

[MurrayBannerman]

Don't take my Sears.com away from me.

[Torie]

It already is.

I know, but the question is should it be.

What's your opinion? And if illegal, how do you enforce it, and what are the penalties, meted out to whom, when?

[bedstuy]

Yeah, but as I've grown older, it's become pretty clear to me that teenagers having constant access to high definition pornographic video on demand is probably not a very good thing. Even when I was growing up, we were still just looking at the pictures mostly. Maybe sometimes you'd find like a blurry two minute long video on Kazaa.

Someone needs to create some training-wheels type porn for teenagers.  Maybe Scholastic or one of the big textbooks publishers should make it available in school.   

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Yeah, but as I've grown older, it's become pretty clear to me that teenagers having constant access to high definition pornographic video on demand is probably not a very good thing. Even when I was growing up, we were still just looking at the pictures mostly. Maybe sometimes you'd find like a blurry two minute long video on Kazaa.

Someone needs to create some training-wheels type porn for teenagers.  Maybe Scholastic or one of the big textbooks publishers should make it available in school.   

There already is, it's called Playboy.

[Peter the Lefty]

Yes (normal, gay).  However, any posting of pornographic videos or images wherein one party might not consent of be aware (I.e. Revenge porn) should be illegal, as should any and all porn that depicts rape and/or bestiality.  

[H. Ross Peron]

Yes (normal, gaystraight).  However, any posting of pornographic videos or images wherein one party might not consent of be aware (I.e. Revenge porn) should be illegal, as should any and all porn that depicts rape and/or bestiality.  

[© tweed]

Yes (normal, gay).  However, any posting of pornographic videos or images wherein one party might not consent of be aware (I.e. Revenge porn) should be illegal, as should any and all porn that depicts rape and/or bestiality.  

what do you mean by 'depicts rape'?



in general I'll echo Lief, porn really can fck with the head, particularly with the male head, but any attempt to regulate it with guns and policemen and etc is somewhere between hapless and hopeless.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Should it be legal, in an absolute normative sense? Hell no. Is there any workable way to ban it in the remotely foreseeable future? Also hell no.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Yeah, but as I've grown older, it's become pretty clear to me that teenagers having constant access to high definition pornographic video on demand is probably not a very good thing. Even when I was growing up, we were still just looking at the pictures mostly. Maybe sometimes you'd find like a blurry two minute long video on Kazaa.

Shut. Up. Lief.

[DC Al Fine]

In the abstract sense no, pornography is much more harmful IMO than most mind altering substances. Since we're dealing with real life, I'm not really sure how to go about it. The stuff's poison for the mind, but it's virtually impossible for the police to do anything about it. The best we could do is ban some of the worst bits of it and go after it like we do kiddy porn.

[Lief 🗽]

Yeah, but as I've grown older, it's become pretty clear to me that teenagers having constant access to high definition pornographic video on demand is probably not a very good thing. Even when I was growing up, we were still just looking at the pictures mostly. Maybe sometimes you'd find like a blurry two minute long video on Kazaa.

Shut. Up. Lief.

[AggregateDemand]

If porn is illegal, is sex punishable by death penalty?

[RosettaStoned]

 Yes, of course (not a prude).

[TJ in Oregon]

Should it be legal, in an absolute normative sense? Hell no. Is there any workable way to ban it in the remotely foreseeable future? Also hell no.

In the abstract sense no, pornography is much more harmful IMO than most mind altering substances. Since we're dealing with real life, I'm not really sure how to go about it. The stuff's poison for the mind, but it's virtually impossible for the police to do anything about it. The best we could do is ban some of the worst bits of it and go after it like we do kiddy porn.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Yes, for the most part, but I think there should be a ban on assault porn.

[Goldwater]

Of course (normal)

[DINGO Joe]

Yes, it should be legal, but the internet and viagra have pretty much destroyed the industry anyway.  I feel bad for the kids these days.  And of course by "kids", I mean those 18 and older.

[Cory]

Should it be legal, in an absolute normative sense? Hell no. Is there any workable way to ban it in the remotely foreseeable future? Also hell no.

Ugh. You are like the exact stereotype of an Ivory Tower liberal. The worst.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Should it be legal, in an absolute normative sense? Hell no. Is there any workable way to ban it in the remotely foreseeable future? Also hell no.

Ugh. You are like the exact stereotype of an Ivory Tower liberal. The worst.

At least I'm not an Orphan Black villain like certain posters I could name. Hint: It rhymes with 'Tory'! (It's not Torie.)