Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbsck!cbscc!pmd From: pmd@cbscc.UUCP (Paul Dubuc) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: MORE ON PORN AND DEGRADATION FROM MARCHIONNI Message-ID: <4638@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 14:20:16 EST Article-I.D.: cbscc.4638 Posted: Mon Jan 21 14:20:16 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 06:07:20 EST References: <1520V6M@PSUVM> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 34 Marchionni's analysis struck me as one that I would least expect. While it's true that I hold a different world-view than many who would like to protect porn, I don't think my arguments require a conversion to that world-view to be valid. I accept the constraints of a pluralistic society as healthy. (A theocracy is out of the question.) Agument on issues such as this require a "natural law" basis; one that is commonly accepted. So I'm not asking anyone to understand the human relationship to God in order to understand my argument. For the argument to even apply in our society it has to be broader based than that. There are some who seem to think that Christians have no right to contribute to the debate (even using the same broad basis as others) because of the world-view they hold. I make no apologies for my own perspective as a Christian and I don't think it should disqualify (or qualify) me any more than anyone else. I'm not frustrated by people who don't hold the same religious beliefs as my self; only by those who either ridicule me because I disagree with them or do not respond directly to my reasoning. Those frustrations are reasonable no matter who you are or what your religious beliefs. As far as your classification of Larry and myself into different schools of thought, I don't see what it has to do with the issue itself. I don't think I belong to the "Old School"--whatever that is. I have rejected most of the religious beliefs of my youth and those I hold now were not taught to me by anyone in particular. How "old" do you think I am anyway? I'll bet you I'm younger than a lot of the "Liberals" on the net. Does that make me progressive? :-) -- Paul Dubuc cbscc!pmd