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Re: Adult film director Max Hardcore sentenced to 4 years in prison on obscenity char
Who cares if the disgust outweighs it? Majority rule isn't always the best solution. What is there to tolerate? You either watch the films or you don't.
And I submit that your opinion is no more valid than theirs is. Just because you have a different moral code doesn't mean that everyone has to follow suit. I would say that it should be the same the other way, however, you aren't being forced to watch these films, as I've stated before. People need to mind their own business.
See above.
I don't think there is anything wrong with these films personally. I fail to see how they affect you if you don't have to watch them.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Some people just get off on it because it's a taboo. I think very few people actually view these as normal and acceptable sex practices.
Yes, to some people. The question is, does the value these films hold for some people outweigh the disgust they inspire in everyone else? Does it outweigh the detrimental effects that these films have on the social behavior of the people who value them? Does the fact that some people enjoy this means that we should tolerate it?
Who cares if the disgust outweighs it? Majority rule isn't always the best solution. What is there to tolerate? You either watch the films or you don't.
And I would say that the answer to these questions is "no". The nature of the majority of the replies I've received on the subject, between the vulgarities directed at me and the idea that we must tolerate everything that does not directly harm others, only reinforces my belief that moral standards must be reinforced lest they crumble even further beyond their current degraded state.
And I submit that your opinion is no more valid than theirs is. Just because you have a different moral code doesn't mean that everyone has to follow suit. I would say that it should be the same the other way, however, you aren't being forced to watch these films, as I've stated before. People need to mind their own business.
I'm me, of course. If my moral code wasn't better than everyone else's, I'd be following theirs instead. Aren't you making the exact same claim, when you demand that the law be written to suit your moral beliefs and you condemn me for even suggesting otherwise?
See above.
And in this case I'm not arguing that my moral code is better than everyone else's, or that my moral code must be made into law. I'm arguing that the vast majority of us can agree that there is something very wrong with these films and that we should not have to tolerate their existence. Unfortunately, the majority of people who agree with my first point still disagree with my second.
I don't think there is anything wrong with these films personally. I fail to see how they affect you if you don't have to watch them.
It's as simple as it is irrelevant. I don't want these movies banned because I don't like them. There are a lot of things I don't like that I do not want banned, including forms of pornography that do not involve the depicted abuse of their performers. I want these movies banned because they encourage the people who view them to believe that these are normal and appropriate ways to treat their sexual partners. I believe that these movies are actively malignant and that they lead to harm being done to my family and my nation, whether I or anyone in my family watches them personally.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Some people just get off on it because it's a taboo. I think very few people actually view these as normal and acceptable sex practices.