Congress Urged To Investigate Porn
 

Well, at the bottom of this article a lady suggests porn as a source of criminal activity. All I've got to say is did Hitler, Napoleon, Ghengis Khan have AVS accounts?
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Addiction to porn destroying lives, Senate told
- CONNIE CASS, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, November 18, 2004


(11-18) 16:07 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Comparing pornography to heroin, researchers on Thursday called on Congress to finance studies on "porn addiction" and launch a public health campaign about the dangers.

"We're so afraid to talk about sex in our society that we really give carte blanche to the people who are producing this kind of material," said James B. Weaver, a Virginia Tech professor who studies the impact of pornography.

Internet pornography is corrupting children and hooking adults into an addiction that threatens their jobs and families, a panel of anti-porn advocates told the hearing organized by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., chairman of the Commerce subcommittee on science.

Brownback, a father of five, said when he was a boy, the typical kid's exposure was limited to occasional peeks at dirty magazines illicitly obtained by a buddy.

Now, he said, pornography seems pervasive. Children run across it while researching homework on the Internet. Vulgar ads arrive unexpectedly by e-mail. Some of his middle-age male friends limit their time alone in hotel rooms to avoid the temptation of graphic pay-per-view movies, Brownback said.

Mary Anne Layden, co-director of a sexual trauma program at the University of Pennsylvania, said pornography's effect on the brain mirrors addiction to heroin or crack cocaine. She told of one patient, a business executive, who arrived at his office at 9 a.m. each day, logged onto Internet porn sites, and didn't log off until 5 p.m.

Layden called for billboards and bus ads warning people to avoid pornography, strip clubs and prostitutes.

The panel discussion ranged from hardcore, violent pornography to audience complaints about a sexually suggestive promo that aired prior to this week's "Monday Night Football" game.

Brownback, an outspoken Christian conservative who has championed efforts to curb indecency on television and the Internet, said the public is beginning to realize "they don't just have to take it."

But he acknowledged the First Amendment right to free speech has limited congressional efforts.

In June, the Supreme Court blocked a law designed to shield Web-surfing children from pornography, ruling that requiring adults to register or use access codes before viewing objectionable material would infringe on their rights.

Brownback said scientific data is needed to help his cause.

Weaver acknowledged that research "directly assessing the impact of pornography addiction on families and communities is rather limited."

But he pointed to studies that show prolonged use of pornography leads to "sexual callousness, the erosion of family values and diminished sexual satisfaction."

Judith Reisman, a vocal critic of the Kinsey Institute and the field of sexology, suggested Congress require police officers to gather evidence of pornography at crime scenes to further research.


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You compare Ghengis Khan to Hitler?

If online porn gets such publicity and they launch public awareness campaigns, it will not hurt the business but help it.

Same thing with anything else. People don't like something that has nothing wrong with it. Peoples' minds are rigged to check out things that they are not supposed to.

Rappers talk shit about women, but yet.. women are the #1 buyers of their music.. why? Because they HAVE to check out what they are saying about them.

I do not see anything positive about that bestwaysex,

I don't know what you are seeiung here

Neoconservatives

Dick Cheney
John Ashcroft
Paul wolfowitz
Donald Rumsfeld

All follow the ideas of Leo Strauss which thought America is becoming too free and immoral. They will get rid of porn sooner or later :2 cents:

Oh ya people we are selling some crack cocaine here, very addictive......

fucking idiots those americans are.

You will see. People can't help it.

Saw this on cnn this morning as i was up early for once in these last 2 weeks.
I found it funny that they want to spend cash on researching the ill effects of pronography and then promote it to the public.
Man, I Can't wait till I see a bus with a big AD plastered on it saying " Dont watch porn and masterbate, You WILL GO BLIND!!!!! YOU REALLY WILL!!!!!" :1orglaugh



Kinda like the reefer madness shit......funny times we live in

Just keep in mind that in the long run conservatives always lose. It's a fact with a tremendous amount of historical evidence.

If conservatives got their way we would still be living in caves. We would have no industrial or technilogical revolutions. We'd have no phones, modern medicine or television.

Conservatives are too busy trying to hang onto the past for dear life.

Everything that was once new was also a liberal idea. There are many out there who are afraid of people's openess to sexuality and societys flaunting of sex. But there are also many people who will not give up their right to enjoy it.

Good point! Hitler actually killed less people.

WRONG as long as there is FEAR the Neo Conservitives will be in power. They have mastered this................. Look how they use the media to scare the pants of the viewers.

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Oh the Conservatives and lawmakers do this 'look into porn' shit every administration. It's a scam so they can justify surfing porn sites and d/loading porn. So that way if they get busted they can say:

"Sorry your honor, but I'm on the committee to review the effects of porn on society. I had to have those 600 gigs of oiled teenage hineys on my hard drive!"

Also a great excuse to explain to the husband why she's buying memberships to Bang Bus and sending Sanchez and Carlos fan emails.

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Do you have any links that work? These are all 404.

When was the last time you heard of someone dying of a porn overdose ????

Here's my philosophy on porn. I think that there'd be MANY more rapes in the world if porn was made illegal. Think of this situation, take an outsider, not the best looking person in the world. You know the kid in school that never got any girls. Well, imagine that kid going through life, being 26 years old and NEVER seeing what a set of tits or a pussy looks like. Wouldn't you think that he'd be a lot more likely to rape someone ???

Porn is a release for millions of people. Some of them that don't want or have time for relationships, people that can't get into a relationship, or how about the married guy that only gets it once a month, they all need porn. I don't see anything negative about it.

if an adult is mature enough to handle his emotion he can watch.

HAHAHAHAHA

"Layden called for billboards and bus ads warning people to avoid pornography, strip clubs and prostitutes. "

YES! Porn Billbords are going to clean up this sick sick society! lol

Great that's all we need :feels-hot

How come Japan has prime time shows with nudity and have no problems ??? I suppose that the US has too many fucking "bun runners" trying to shut all of the good stuff down.

Want to thank all those webmasters that voted republican . The fun begins.

the ill effects of pornography? well, your dick will get sore from pulling on it, and your credit card bill will skyrocket, but, what else is wrong with it?
Your wife will be happy (the more porn you watch the hornier you get, the more you fuck her).
Visa will make extra money from the interest they are charging you.
You will be more relaxed and less aggressive, so less road rage, less stress related anger, and less domestic violence
(Unless your wife catches you and smacks you on the head for watching porn!)

Can the investigate terrorism instead?

I think people who are addicted to porn should get in our line of work. that way it becomes commonplace to them, and after a while, they really dont care anymore.

Best way to beat an addiction, face it head on. :) They would make good site consultants, thats for sure. Sort of like the FBI hiring kevin mitnick.