Comment by homeonthemtn

5 hours ago

Yes. It's ok to say no to porn and gore. I'm tired of acting like we need it to survive otherwise some dystopian genie will be unleashed. Get rid of that shit.

I think a lot of us probably would agree that pornographic content is generally bad for society. I think the hard part here is actually getting rid of it. I think what will end up happening is it moves to a darker part of the web and is completely unregulated. Just look at what happened in the US with illegal drugs. They didn’t just go away, and now we have less safe drugs pretty much freely available laced with fentanyl and other harmful or deadly substances. I know this isn’t exactly the same situation but we should consider what might happen when making something “illegal”.

  • > I think a lot of us probably would agree that pornographic content is generally bad for society.

    Speak for yourself. The science of it seems to be a mixed bag with definite pros and cons.

    You're talking about something that is also intrinsic to humanity. It takes no resources. Good luck with that.

You are of course free to not view it. Why do you think that you should decide for others what they should view? How do you know better than they do, what they should or should not be viewing?

  • As I got older I began to recognize that some things are just bad for society at large.

    My refraining from a thing doesn't fix the societal ill the thing causes.

  • > Why do you think that you should decide for others what they should view?

    Why not? Some people decide for others on abortion, some driving, some alcohol and drugs. Some people decide how much the government is allowed to steal from us.

    Why wouldn’t I think I should decide for others?