Thoughts. Porn, good, bad or indifferent?

[catzmeow]

Let's see if I get this right. There are people who enjoy porn, who purchase it and find it fulfills some need, but they consider the actors in the movie 'lost souls'? Isn't there some kind of split going on?

If you purchase porn and watch it, you're a part of the industry as a customer. Why judge the people who work to make YOU happy?

Please point out the person you feels who meets this described criteria. To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't fit anyone who has posted in this thread. I like porn, at times, but I don't consider the actors lost souls because they acted in porn. They might be lost souls if they become drug addicted and die in a gutter.

Rodishi considers the actors lost souls, but neither consumes nor likes porn. I'm not sure where Terry and PC fall in this spectrum.

But, I love it when you do this...jump into a discussion late with a completely irrelevant and inaccurate point.

 

[Terry]

Let's see if I get this right. There are people who enjoy porn, who purchase it and find it fulfills some need, but they consider the actors in the movie 'lost souls'? Isn't there some kind of split going on?

If you purchase porn and watch it, you're a part of the industry as a customer. Why judge the people who work to make YOU happy?

Please point out the person you feels who meets this described criteria. To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't fit anyone who has posted in this thread. I like porn, at times, but I don't consider the actors lost souls because they acted in porn. They might be lost souls if they become drug addicted and die in a gutter.

Rodishi considers the actors lost souls, but neither consumes nor likes porn. I'm not sure where Terry and PC fall in this spectrum.

But, I love it when you do this...jump into a discussion late with a completely irrelevant and inaccurate point.

I really don't care too much about this topic. I don't purchase or watch porn, it's not my cup of tea to other's...I don't care what they do as long as they don't come over to my house and put in a CD of it.

 

[tigerbob]

Personally, I find giant images of gonads in action, educational but not particularly sexy.

That would be an interesting title for a porn film.

 

[catzmeow]

That would be an interesting title for a porn film.

Mission Impussyble.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Personally, I find giant images of gonads in action, educational but not particularly sexy.

That would be an interesting title for a porn film.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Let's see if I get this right. There are people who enjoy porn, who purchase it and find it fulfills some need, but they consider the actors in the movie 'lost souls'? Isn't there some kind of split going on?

If you purchase porn and watch it, you're a part of the industry as a customer. Why judge the people who work to make YOU happy?

Please point out the person you feels who meets this described criteria. To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't fit anyone who has posted in this thread. I like porn, at times, but I don't consider the actors lost souls because they acted in porn. They might be lost souls if they become drug addicted and die in a gutter.

Rodishi considers the actors lost souls, but neither consumes nor likes porn. I'm not sure where Terry and PC fall in this spectrum.

But, I love it when you do this...jump into a discussion late with a completely irrelevant and inaccurate point.

I was talking about the particular blond-haired blue-eyed girl that RodISHI mentioned. I don't think everyone in the porn industry are lost souls.

 

[RodISHI]

You're right. Every couple is different. To me when I think of romance, porn is not what comes to mind. If people can watch it for what it is, then I think it's fine. I'm not talking about you RodISHI, but there are people are there that make judgements about others who view it. It's not for everyone, but I don't think people who are watch it are either evil or sick. There's a difference between casual observers and those who seem addicted to it to the point where they can't have sex without it.

People do need to make their own choices no doubt. I do think though if they are aware of the pitfalls as with anything that could harm them or another it could help them through this world.

I keep thinking about the high school girl that your brother had a crush on. She sounds like a lost soul and that might be why she ended up in the porn industry. I have an inkling that if her homelife was better and that there was a parent around that did some decent supervision that she might have made better choices in life.

I did not know her well enough to know what her home life was like. It is a known fact though that glue sniffing damages brain cells. My brother hung with a crowd that drank pretty heavy. Not sure if he was into the glue sniffing or not?? I'll ask him next time I see him, (might be awhile as we live so far apart). I do know that the neighborhood she lived in wasn't the best. It was about a 1/4 mile or so down from where we lived. Most of those families had either only one parent or both parents working. Then so did the ones in the country club area. Very few had a parent that was at home or not working during the day so supervision was generally not there on a whole for most of the teens I knew growing up. SO CA is a rough place to grow up. Then so are other places I'm sure.

I'm sure no matter how well you try to protect your children the other children and adults they are around growing up will have an effect on their perspectives as they grow into adults.

 

[DvDud1]

I don't personally think it is a good thing from what I have seen over the years.

Yet everyone is able to come to their own conclusions on the subject. I would not want to tell anyone what they could or they could not do. I do think though people should be aware of the situations and heartache associated with the choices that they make.

Growing up in Southern California I knew people that were in that industry. I mention one instance in another post on USMB. The one I recall that really struck my senses was a girl my brother had a crush on growing up.

We walked to school when we live at the foothills for awhile and there was a group of the older kids that would sniff glue on the way to school. The girl my brother had the crush on was one of those who would get high before getting to the school. She was very pretty. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. One of the guys that hung out with her in the morning was a defender one day for me when some of the local crowd started hooting at me when I did not join them. I was sure grateful for that too. To me the stuff smelled awful even being on the street thirty feet away plus I tried to stay away from anything my brother did. My brother was older than I and of course I was the easiest thing for him to take out his fustrations on. That day he was not there but I sure did not want to go to the side of the road and sniff glue with those guys either. Thankfully we did not live very long near that neighborhood. I would not consider the girl my brother had a crush on again for several years.

I left home, got married and had children. The marraige was not going all that hot and in trying to make the whole affair work even when it was nearly over. I tried to be the obedient wife my husband wanted (I've learned since what a control freak is. He also admitted and apoligized years later for being the sick puppy he was). I agreed to go with him to a movie one evening. He neglected to tell me he would be taking me to the porn theatre with him. I was quiet about the whole ordeal as I followed him into the theatre. As much as I wanted to run I didn't and he promised if I did not like it we would leave.

Once inside the theatre I felt sick from the smell. I quashed the urge to puke back and walk with what was supposed to be a loving spouse to a seat and sat down. As I sat there I could see everything around me. Trying not to panick so very hard as I sat there and looked at the whole place and tried really hard ot to look at the fellow sitting a few seats down from us. Then I saw her. That poor girl that was once so beautiful my brother thought he was in love with. She was in a corner of the theatre and men were standing around her. Her face was covered in slime and she looked as if she was some where in space but surely not there. I can still recall the memory and that was over thirty years ago. I learned she was in some of the porn films and she passed with little fan fare from the thoughts of people and this world. I doubt those many that abused her even consider her or the misery she lived in this world for the pleasure of others.

That's a sad story.
While some are willing participants, there are others who are victimized by the pornography industry.

My thoughts on porn are: whatever floats your boat. We don't need no steenking morality police.

Or DO we?

The problem with pornography nowadays is that it's just TOO damn prevalent and TOO readily available...too easily accessible by our children.

Somehow, a line needs to be drawn. Adults watching it is one thing, but it's too easy for young kids to be able to view it...and some of the stuff that's out there nowadays is pretty sick and shouldn't be seen by young and impressionable children and teens.

 

[RodISHI]

Let's see if I get this right. There are people who enjoy porn, who purchase it and find it fulfills some need, but they consider the actors in the movie 'lost souls'? Isn't there some kind of split going on?

If you purchase porn and watch it, you're a part of the industry as a customer. Why judge the people who work to make YOU happy?

Please point out the person you feels who meets this described criteria. To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't fit anyone who has posted in this thread. I like porn, at times, but I don't consider the actors lost souls because they acted in porn. They might be lost souls if they become drug addicted and die in a gutter.

Rodishi considers the actors lost souls, but neither consumes nor likes porn. I'm not sure where Terry and PC fall in this spectrum.

But, I love it when you do this...jump into a discussion late with a completely irrelevant and inaccurate point.

I really don't care too much about this topic. I don't purchase or watch porn, it's not my cup of tea to other's...I don't care what they do as long as they don't come over to my house and put in a CD of it.

That reminds me Terry of son and a friend of his one day coming in the house all excited. They were about 19/20 at the time. They had stopped at the truck stop down the road and found a porn flick in the restroom. They were all excited to watch the thing and at the house they co-rented they did not have a vcr. So it was, "Let's go to mom's house." I told them you ain't putting that shit in here. Rod said, "Let them be." The grump I am I sat there quietly and pouted as they struggled to get the vcr working. After a bit it was funny as they struggled to get this tape to play. Then finally it came on. It showed this person with long beautiful blonde hair from the back. The boys thought they were going to see a girl. To their dismay it wasn't. I laughed to tears at those two as they started gagging. Lesson learned, "Things are not always what they appear to be."

 

[RodISHI]

I don't personally think it is a good thing from what I have seen over the years.

Yet everyone is able to come to their own conclusions on the subject. I would not want to tell anyone what they could or they could not do. I do think though people should be aware of the situations and heartache associated with the choices that they make.

Growing up in Southern California I knew people that were in that industry. I mention one instance in another post on USMB. The one I recall that really struck my senses was a girl my brother had a crush on growing up.

We walked to school when we live at the foothills for awhile and there was a group of the older kids that would sniff glue on the way to school. The girl my brother had the crush on was one of those who would get high before getting to the school. She was very pretty. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. One of the guys that hung out with her in the morning was a defender one day for me when some of the local crowd started hooting at me when I did not join them. I was sure grateful for that too. To me the stuff smelled awful even being on the street thirty feet away plus I tried to stay away from anything my brother did. My brother was older than I and of course I was the easiest thing for him to take out his fustrations on. That day he was not there but I sure did not want to go to the side of the road and sniff glue with those guys either. Thankfully we did not live very long near that neighborhood. I would not consider the girl my brother had a crush on again for several years.

I left home, got married and had children. The marraige was not going all that hot and in trying to make the whole affair work even when it was nearly over. I tried to be the obedient wife my husband wanted (I've learned since what a control freak is. He also admitted and apoligized years later for being the sick puppy he was). I agreed to go with him to a movie one evening. He neglected to tell me he would be taking me to the porn theatre with him. I was quiet about the whole ordeal as I followed him into the theatre. As much as I wanted to run I didn't and he promised if I did not like it we would leave.

Once inside the theatre I felt sick from the smell. I quashed the urge to puke back and walk with what was supposed to be a loving spouse to a seat and sat down. As I sat there I could see everything around me. Trying not to panick so very hard as I sat there and looked at the whole place and tried really hard ot to look at the fellow sitting a few seats down from us. Then I saw her. That poor girl that was once so beautiful my brother thought he was in love with. She was in a corner of the theatre and men were standing around her. Her face was covered in slime and she looked as if she was some where in space but surely not there. I can still recall the memory and that was over thirty years ago. I learned she was in some of the porn films and she passed with little fan fare from the thoughts of people and this world. I doubt those many that abused her even consider her or the misery she lived in this world for the pleasure of others.

That's a sad story.
While some are willing participants, there are others who are victimized by the pornography industry.

My thoughts on porn are: whatever floats your boat. We don't need no steenking morality police.

Or DO we?

The problem with pornography nowadays is that it's just TOO damn prevalent and TOO readily available...too easily accessible by our children.

Somehow, a line needs to be drawn. Adults watching it is one thing, but it's too easy for young kids to be able to view it...and some of the stuff that's out there nowadays is pretty sick and shouldn't be seen by young and impressionable children and teens.

I think that where to draw the line is where the major problem is. From the stand point of forcing others into morality we have to be very careful. Then I believe children should be protected and the parents have a right to do that. I would agree that many are victimized in any sex related industry. For some it is a way of life for them growing up. The same as would be for those who grew up with druggy parents, theives, etc... cycles are hard to break.

 

[Father Time]

So Kitten is into bestiality or a furry (or maybe that's the same thing).

I don't think I abuse the stuff. I prefer games more anyway.

I'm sorry but there's just something so utterly satisfying about ramming another car into a wall at 120 mph, or blowing up something huge.

bestialty or zooing is sex with an animal

furries....dress up as animals....there is a major difference....

I know that, it was a joke.

 

[manifold]

I heard that Passion of the Christ was a psuedo-pornographic snuff film. That's why I haven't bothered to see it.

 

[stekim]

That's a sad story.
While some are willing participants, there are others who are victimized by the pornography industry.

How? Are they being kidnapped and forced to have sex on camera? If so I'm against that. But if they voluntarily drive to work every day, go home every night, and the check clears the bank I think we call that a "job".

 

[catzmeow]

The problem with pornography nowadays is that it's just TOO damn prevalent and TOO readily available...too easily accessible by our children.

Somehow, a line needs to be drawn. Adults watching it is one thing, but it's too easy for young kids to be able to view it...and some of the stuff that's out there nowadays is pretty sick and shouldn't be seen by young and impressionable children and teens.

My advice: Download firefox and some of the add-ons that are great for policing content.

Easy fix.

 

[Shogun]

I find it's useful to masturbate to, or to spice up sex with the misses, but other than that it doesn't offer much in the way of value.

Is this why you've been given the Golden Grip award over at fantasti.cc?

Crunch: I said LAN-O-LIN, not that aloe-vera bullshit! Get it right, mutha fucka!

(thats funny as hell if you've ever seen the movie The Big Hit)

 

[manifold]

I knew you'd check it out.

Not bad huh?

 

[DvDud1]

The problem with pornography nowadays is that it's just TOO damn prevalent and TOO readily available...too easily accessible by our children.

Somehow, a line needs to be drawn. Adults watching it is one thing, but it's too easy for young kids to be able to view it...and some of the stuff that's out there nowadays is pretty sick and shouldn't be seen by young and impressionable children and teens.

My advice: Download firefox and some of the add-ons that are great for policing content.

Easy fix.

LOL-that's cute, but if we only had to worry about our own kids on our own computers then increased vigilance and supervision would be the answer.
But kids will find access to computers outside the home, and just because you or I may choose to be careful about what OUR kids watch doesn't mean that Little Johnny next door isn't getting away with watching stuff that he shouldn't...and starting to think that your daughter would look pretty good all tied up, greased up, and sodomized like the girl in that movie he saw...

I'm no prude, believe me...but the prevalence of porn IS a problem where our young people are concerned

 

[catzmeow]

LOL-that's cute, but if we only had to worry about our own kids on our own computers then increased vigilance and supervision would be the answer.
But kids will find access to computers outside the home, and just because you or I may choose to be careful about what OUR kids watch doesn't mean that Little Johnny next door isn't getting away with watching stuff that he shouldn't...and starting to think that your daughter would look pretty good all tied up, greased up, and sodomized like the girl in that movie he saw...

I'm no prude, believe me...but the prevalence of porn IS a problem where our young people are concerned

I'm sorry, but I think your panties have gotten into a wad that doesn't reflect reality. I have a 15-year-old and an 11-year-old. I'm pretty familiar with policing this particular realm. It isn't as difficult as you seem to believe it is. It ain't rocket science, that's for damn sure.

 

[stekim]

I'm no prude, believe me...but the prevalence of porn IS a problem where our young people are concerned

If porn is a big problem for kids, what is the porn causing them to do? I live in a large city and the number of cases where a pre-teen or teen girl is all tied up, greased up, and sodomized is remarkably low. In fact I cannot think of an example.

 

[RodISHI]

I'm no prude, believe me...but the prevalence of porn IS a problem where our young people are concerned

If porn is a big problem for kids, what is the porn causing them to do? I live in a large city and the number of cases where a pre-teen or teen girl is all tied up, greased up, and sodomized is remarkably low. In fact I cannot think of an example.

I'm a prude I don't mind admitting it. Tell me is for you is "remarkably low" acceptable when it comes to someone being abuse, raped or sodomized?