Opinion of pornography

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Option 2. 3 also, but mainly just 2.

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Addicting and destructive -so much so that when I look back on it, I wish I never came across those pictures and videos in the first place.  

Fortunately I have weaned myself off of it, so I consider myself clean again.  

Why the prudery? How is it "destructive?" Not like people are robbing banks to get money for more porn.

Dismissing people's personal experiences of addiction as 'prudery' is generally considered bad form.

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Addicting and destructive -so much so that when I look back on it, I wish I never came across those pictures and videos in the first place. 

Fortunately I have weaned myself off of it, so I consider myself clean again. 

Why the prudery? How is it "destructive?" Not like people are robbing banks to get money for more porn.

Dismissing people's personal experiences of addiction as 'prudery' is generally considered bad form.

It seems pretty darn ridiculous to call porn destructive. That's a very strong word. Has it cost him a job? Has he spent his last dime trying to get more porn?  How is it destructive? Describing himself as "clean again?" How is that anything but prudery?

What the hell? What is it with you and empathy? How is it up to you to define what's destructive or addictive or not?

People react differently to different things. Reactions that you can't identify with aren't less natural or valid than the ones you have.

Ok, let's substitute pornography for something else that we enjoy very much, but is also not destructive in a conventional sense. Posting on the Atlas Forum. I waste a decent amount of time here. I could be doing something better, sure. But, as with porn, it is extremely unlikely to endanger health or finanacial wellbeing. So let's take a look at his quote with a minor tweak to reflect our new reality of discussing the Atlas Forum instead of porn.

"Addicting and destructive -so much so that when I look back on it, I wish I never came across those maps and updates in the first place. 

Fortunately I have weaned myself off of it, so I consider myself clean again."

Does this not strike you as absurd? What's the difference between porn and the Atlas Forum? They both have equal levels of destruction on life. 

memphis, you're talking like a social drinker who genuinely doesn't understand alcoholism as a concept. Do you have any idea how absurd that is?

Frodo, I'm glad for you that you're clean, and I'd be glad for you that you're clean regardless of what it was that you were addicted to.

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There's the possibility that it would do the for the most part execrable construct of the heterosexual male a world of good to concern himself with matters other than getting his dick wet.

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There's the possibility that it would do the for the most part execrable construct of the heterosexual male a world of good to concern himself with matters other than getting his dick wet.

Why, Nathan?  That would only be pretense.

It would be a boon to the people in this world who don't fit into such execrable construct, who outnumber and are as a group morally superior (since undeservedly oppressed, which can be redemptive) to those who do. This particular sort of slavering, bestial sexuality really isn't all that important to most people, or if it is it is so for all the wrong reasons.

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It would be a boon to the people in this world who don't fit into such execrable construct, who outnumber and are as a group morally superior (since undeservedly oppressed, which can be redemptive) to those who do. This particular sort of slavering, bestial sexuality really isn't all that important to most people, or if it is it is so for all the wrong reasons.

Speak for yourself!

I really don't think heterosexual male sexuality as folks like you express it is terribly important in a positive way for most people, unless non-heterosexual-males are discounted as people.

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I care as much about my hormone levels as you care about your moral standing.

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And after all, what do you mean 'morally superior'?  Doesn't mean a thing to me.  Have you ever had your hormone levels checked?

I care as much about my hormone levels as you care about your moral standing.

You should care, buddy!  Could lead to lots of negative health effects if you have no testosterone at all.

I'm almost positive I have at least some testosterone. I think I'd know by now if I didn't.