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From: V6M@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: MORE ON PORN AND DEGRADATION FROM MARCHIONNI
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:15:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 13:15:07 1985
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Larry West's 194 line criticism of Dubuc crystalizes the conflict it many
levels.

Larry sounds like the urbane, contemporary American LEFTIST educated,
secular humanist.  The main premise is one of FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL thought.
These are the greatest good!!!!!  (most netters sound this way in my
egotistical opinion)  Understandable when you consider the social and
political leanings of most faculties.

Paul sounds like an evangelist addressing a faculty Senate Meeting!!!
Obviously Paul is from the Old School.  Those of you who read my postings know
that I am too  so here goes as I try to atone to Paul for siding the
oposition on this one.

Paul claims published evidence for his position.  I am willing to give
credence to his claims on past experience with his postings.  I do
remember such claims but I can not remember specific citations.

The brain is divided into many parts and functional area.  PBS had a
good series showing this.  ALL self-respecting literati watch PBS don't we?
:-)

Paul is preaching to the intellectual Gentiles.  His authority is his religious
training and convictions.  Those of you who denigrate religious authority
have probably lost your religion or never had one.  You CANNOT understand fully
his position unless you understand man's relationship to God, to society and
to himself IS indeed a proper area of religion!!!! It is not ONLY the area
of "concerned and committed activists".

Paul is correct. Porn is a moral evil.  It is indicative of moral decline.
So is abortion and we know how the literati feel about that.  It is strange
that social decline in critical areas has been offset by social awareness
and gain in others.

Paul's criticism of porn is Theistic based and beautifully simple.
Most criticisms were actually defending porn as good or at least non-harmful.
They are wrong. A moral evil is a detriment to a society and a moral society
has the right to supress immorality.  Censorship has been considered an
OBLIGATION of a moral society to protect itself.

My criticism is this: I don't trust the other guy to censor!!
Don't tell me that academics don't censor either.

My summary:
PORN IS EVIL AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SOCIETY.
I DON'T TRUST THE OTHER GUYS CENSOR TO STOP AT PORN!!!!
THEREFORE TO KEEP THE OTHER CENSOR OFF MY BACK (and me off of him)
I HAVE TO ALLOW PORNOGRAPHY TO EXIST IN THIS MIXED SOCIETY.
THE PROBLEM WOULD BE MOOT IN A THEOCRACY.

Hope I got some of the heat off of you Paul.  Am I forgiven??

Marchionni  V6M at PSUVM


P.S.  comments appreciated from SJUVAX