nrh@inmet.UUCP (10/04/86)
>/* Written 1:05 am Oct 3, 1986 by mat@mtx5a.UUCP in inmet:talk.pol.misc */ >/* ---------- "Re: Re: Evidence and Pornography Le" ---------- */ > >It *is* reasonable to assume that the materials are not the prinicple ``first >cause'' of the paraphelia. On the other hand, by rewarding it, they may >encourage it; So what? By rewarding it, they "may" defuse it also. Go figure. Anything "may" do anything. Assert something, or shut up, but don't keep us hanging! >...in addition, there is testimony that some people, at least, have >used it to help them prepare emotionally for acts that may reasonable be >considered harmful. Here the effect of the material is to help the paraphelic >become an ``offender.'' No -- the effect of SOMETHING is to make SOMEBODY SAY that. For all you know, (at least, insofar as you've claimed to have evidence) the use of porn DELAYED the carrying out of such actions.