linda lovelace... what to believe? later she said she was abused by the anti-pornographic movement...
Why dose the WT hate porn?
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unstopableravens
ps i was not seperating american vs other, im putting in in one catorogry, because of the internet, how many check where a clip is from or why is this girl doing this,
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unstopableravens
ps did you get my pm?
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PSacramento
Unstop,
Yeah, got it and replied.
The PM system on this forum is not very good and unless someome tells another they PM'd them, they have no way of knowing ( unless you make it a routine to check your pm's.)
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unstopableravens
cool
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sir82
I think it to be similar to the apparently dozens of gay-bashing Republican lawmakers who are secretly gay themselves.
They try to cover over their own actions and desires, which they intellectually believe to be grave sins, by loudly and repeatedly condemning the behavior.
I suspect that several, if not all, of the GB (as well the Service Desk) have had an eyeful of "the good stuff" and try to assuage their guilt by publishing virtually monthly how wrong, wrong, wrong it all is.
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PSacramento
linda lovelace... what to believe? later she said she was abused by the anti-pornographic movement...
Yeah, there is a lot of issues there...
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TD
Well I understand the exploitive, harmful nature of much of pornography and don't blame them for hating it.
At the same time though, I take issue with their definition of pornography. My youngest is working on a Masters in art history and hiding her textbooks from JW family when they come to visit is getting old.
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sir82
I understand the exploitive, harmful nature of much of pornography and don't blame them for hating it.
That's just it - the WTS condemns porn, but aside from perhaps an occasional once-a-decade mention (if that) of its exploitative nature for the participants in its production, it concentrates all its vitriol on those who view it.
The WTS doesn't "hate porn" - what it hates is that its members derive pleasure from something that doesn't fit into their rigid, narrow, puritan view of what sex "should be".
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sd-7
Well, Matt. 5:28, 29--looking at a woman, forming a passion in your heart, adultery. The possibility of becoming addicted to it = it becomes your idol, idolatry. I can't reconcile being a Christian with looking at porn, it's quite simple. It can--though it doesn't always--lead to objectifying women or misogyny. That would sum up the answer to the question at the top of the thread.
I do think it is a morally dark gray concept, as where is the line between that and prostitution? It's ultimately the same thing, just that you, or the audience is just watching rather than participating as in prostitution. I do think there is a risk of coercion there, for women. I also think the ones who are performing sex acts are taking a considerable health risk as well, since they generally don't use protection and are having multiple partners. I mean, I take it there are specific industry rules and plenty of routine testing they do, but still...there is a lot of risk there.
That said, I think it's less objectionable if those risks aren't there, and it's just a celebration of the beauty of one person's body. As long as they're willing participants and are taking reasonable health precautions (I think they should at least be wearing protection, personally), I think to that extent it's really not such a big deal.
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