'"I think pornography should have a disclaimer on it in much the same way alcohol or cigarettes do. I suggest something along the lines of: “Warning: this substance is known to cause damage and have lasting negative effects on your social values and ability to relate to your fellow human beings, and ability to lead a satisfied and healthy sexual life.” "What scares me is we have a whole generation of kids growing up in this porn culture, which is taught to believe that porn is ok and women are told that they have to accept it, and there is no alternative. And what for? So giant corporations can turn a profit while keeping you and me enslaved."
You are right about the disclaimer and the giant corps out there. They have help too:
Link to the full article:
American Civil Liberties Union : Freedom of Expression in the Arts and Entertainment
Quote from the article:
" SEXUAL SPEECH Sex in art and entertainment is the most frequent target of censorship crusades. Many examples come to mind. A painting of the classical statue of Venus de Milo was removed from a store because the managers of the shopping mall found its semi-nudity "too shocking." Hundreds of works of literature, from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, have been banned from public schools based on their sexual content. A museum director was charged with a crime for including sexually explicit photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe in an art exhibit. American law is, on the whole, the most speech-protective in the world -- but sexual expression is treated as a second-class citizen. No causal link between exposure to sexually explicit material and anti-social or violent behavior has ever been scientifically established, in spite of many efforts to do so. Rather, the Supreme Court has allowed censorship of sexual speech on moral grounds -- a remnant of our nation's Puritan heritage. This does not mean that all sexual expression can be censored, however. Only a narrow range of "obscene" material can be suppressed; a term like "pornography" has no legal meaning . Nevertheless, even the relatively narrow obscenity exception serves as a vehicle for abuse by government authorities as well as pressure groups who want to impose their personal moral views on other people."
Puritan? Is that so bad?
Look!... "pornography has no "
legal" meaning. No help there I guess...
So basically the media doesnt care what happens to you or your children.
'I think it is parent’s responsibility to talk to their kids and give them this warning, and create an open environment where kids can approach them about these issues. But of course for that to happen, the parents can’t be porn addicts themselves. I wish that my parents had taken the time to have at least one serious talk about porn and sex. I probably wouldn’t have liked it. Even those parents who have the problem need to talk to their children. It will be hard but if we all stand up against the negative tide of this beast, the tide can be changed. Quite frankly, that is what happened in the 60's and 70's that blew the door open for this pathology to take it's hold on society today. People were protesting in droves. They changed their lifetstyle and, while they may not have envisioned what the beast would do to people today, influenced the way people thought about sex and so-alled openess - free sex.