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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (5151)	9/24/1998 11:20:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<< In my experience, most men get along just fine without pornography>> Most men would get along just fine without junk food too, but just try to outlaw that!! Just because people CAN do without something doesn't mean they should have to do without it. Assuming you could show a link between pornography (good luck defining it) and some harm to society, the First Amendment issues would be somewhat easier to deal with. <<When questioned about their choices of subject matter they usually respond "it's a business -- we give our customers what they want." >> Of course, this statement on their part is misleading. Why do movies like the Lion King or Star Wars do so well, if what we want is gratuitous violence and brutal sex? There is some call for all types of entertainment, but the mix between wholesome and otherwise seems to be somewhat skewed away from wholesome.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (5151)	9/24/1998 11:28:00 AM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Ann I hope you realize I'm not in favor of hard core pornography (which seems to me horribly tedious, as well as distasteful). I'm just opposed to censorship, except in the most extreme cases. It seems to me that hard core pornography has receded a bit in this country. Haven't the sales of the girly magazines and the like gone down from peaks in the 70's? It's my impression, though I can't say I've paid much attention. It's my impression that the interest in all that receded after the shock of its previously quickly increasing explicitness and availability, dissipated. Maybe that's just wishful thinking. <g> What has increased, though, is the amount of teasing sorts of sex on TV. That doesn't bother me much (though I don't watch that sort of thing much). The increase in violence on TV, and especially violence without consequences, does. (Though I don't watch that sort of thing at all -- because it bores me). Isn't the current decrease in teenage pregnancy encouraging? That seems to me to be the important thing. Together with pushing down rape and other abuse. Doug