mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (09/23/85)
goes up. > It is one thing to object >to things one might consider disgusting even though it poses >no threat to oneself (such as homosexuality). It is another >to object to things that one considers pauses a personal threat. >I object to pornography for this reason. It scares the hell out >of me to know that some person might read some of that crap and >decide to act out his fantasies on me against my will. That >has NOTHING to do with what other people do in the privacy of their >own bedroom, it has to do with MY safety. > >> It's probably part of human nature that any given >>individual is unlikely to accept, at a personal level, >>all forms of sexual expression. But it takes a heluva >>lot of nerve to claim that your preferred form of sexuality >>should be protected by law, and somebody else's should be >>banned. > >Oh give us a break! we all know that. Nobody's objecting to >people's sexual preferences here, they're objecting to hate >litterature which endangers their safety. > > . . . > >> So my advice, to those who are considering jumping >>on the anti-pornography bandwagon, is to think twice >>about what you are doing. By attacking one of society's >>basic freedoms you are helping to discredit the entire >>women's rights movement. > >Gee, and I thought the right to physical safety was one of our >society's basic rights too. Sounds like some rights have to >be balanced out against others in some cases, eh? (<- I'm from Canada) > >Sophie Quigley >{allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie If anyone has any solid evidence that the availability of pornography is related to violence against women (or men, for that matter), please show it. The last several times this argument has come up, the only evidence has been anecdotal or descriptions of poorly designed studies which only prove conclusively that teenage boys are willing to say that they would like to commit rape. On the other hand, I've heard several times that when restrictions on porn are relaxed the rates of most sex crimes goes down, and no one has contradicted these claims. If anyone has any real evidence linking porn with violence, please show it to us. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "I know what you are. Nut. Screwball. Flake. Lunatic. Fruitcake. Bats in the attic. Psycho. All your dogs aren't barking." "Are too! Are too! Woof! Woof!"