amitarian

Once again I suggest you learn to read. I have not been an apologist for the porn industry.

There are no "real statistics" on porn, they are not able to be collected reliably and anyone who says they have valid stats are just best guessing.

HL made me angry relating the murder of Amish children to pornography.

You have at least answered my previous question, you really are a dill :)

Amitarian, I am not apologising for anyone.

Fact is the HL made a big case about violence, for the reason to
be so anti porn. Well coming from the US, thats a piss poor
argument quite frankly :)

All these people with agendas, wanting to tell others how to live.
Hey, I'll paddle my canoe my way, he can paddle his, his way.

Sex is something fairly normal and natural. Lets keep it that
way, despite the people with agendas, wanting to tell others
how to live their lives

"Our community is safer and more peaceful thanks to internet pornography. This may sound counter-intuitive, but there are recent figures to back up the argument."

Jeebus. I don't know if anyone's made this point [I spend way too long on comment threads as it is] but the recent videotaped assault on the young girl in Werribee smacks of porn influences. Young boys are socialised by porn. Those boys thought what they were doing was a bit of fun, entertainment, just like the violent acts of misogyny that gets relayed in most porn these days. As porn becomes more and more normalised the "naughty" thrill of it all disappears and people delve deeper into more violent porn to get that same kick. Rape porn is prevalent on the internet. Do you really want your teenage kid growing up thinking this is normal sexual relations?

Hi Robert,

I just want to pick up on your points that apparently refute HL's statements. You are ignoring the wide access to all types of porn that everyone has access to on the internet. Citing Australian dvd sales doesn't do much to analyse what people are actually watching on their computer moniters. As you [or someone else] said, violent porn is illegal here for sale on dvds etc so it doesn't speak much to what everyone would be watching if there was no regulation on it. My guess would be that some would go in for the more hard-core violent stuff they watch on the internet.

I saw a picture of a naked man and beyond my control had to have one.
I saw a picture of a naked woman and beyond my control had to have one.
I saw a picture of a sheep fresh from the sheering and beyond my control had to have one.
There's nothing wrong with me, porn made me do it. I'm a victim of my free society. Oh, who will protect me. Who will take responsibility for my actions.