Wasn't Drunk, the 'moderator' in China? Where's he at? We could use some input from him, however simple.

if you outlaw porn , then only outlaws will have porn


in an ideal world, adults would be free to choose to view it if so desired, with all of the actresses over 21 and working their way through college....

The human race is indeed strange. It's ok to look at nude people in your bedroom but heaven forbid if you should see a nude person on your pc in your bedroom. Obviously the top officials in China want to exercise control over the population. Limit sex, number of kids, and their rights of what they can see and do. The scary part is that I believe a few people in the US want to imitate China.

I saw some thousand year old clay figures from China, on top they look like a sitting Bhudda, flip them over and in a concave 'hidden' bottom is a graphic portrayal of a couple involved in intercourse. Porn has been around as long as we have been able to draw, paint or sculpt, it isn't likely to go away because of legislation. China, and pretty much every other religon or government has been trying to do away with it for at least that long.
Wait a minute... YOU MEAN THERE'S PORN ON THE NET?!!?!??!

Originally posted by Simulacra
Now I guess Jenna Jameson can cancel that trip to Beijing to globalize her 'acting' career.

Cool, more for us! (too bad about the China thing... I'm partial to Asian girls.)

The part about war reminds me of something George Carlin pointed out- whenever we don't like something we declare war on it. It's the only symbolism we have for opposing something. If followed to its logical conclusion, the American mindset demands that a war be fought over ever disagreement. It's really a cultural weakness, not because we really are THAT militant, but because we do think in language, and the quality of thought is therefore affected by the quality of language. If our language is heavy on war, so will be our thoughts, and thus theoretically so will be our actions. On average America does fight a war every 20-30 years, so it may be true- we may be a somewhat warlike culture.

One last point, probably not true but I want to ask. Has anybody else heard that the entomolgy(spelling?) of the arabic word for war is "the desire for more cows"? It has the ring of an urban legend, but if it was true... well god what would that say about their culture right?

[edit on 24-12-2004 by The Vagabond]

Originally posted by radagast
if you outlaw porn , then only outlaws will have porn


in an ideal world, adults would be free to choose to view it if so desired, with all of the actresses over 21 and working their way through college....

Why 21? The legal age to do pornography is 18. And why do they have to work their way through college? Thats the excuse for nearly every stripper I've managed to come in contact with.