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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: MORE ON PORN AND DEGRADATION FROM MARCHIONNI
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 12:19:44 EST
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> Paul is correct. Porn is a moral evil.  It is indicative of moral decline.
> So is abortion and we know how the literati feel about that.  It is strange
> that social decline in critical areas has been offset by social awareness
> and gain in others.
> 
> Paul's criticism of porn is Theistic based and beautifully simple.
> Most criticisms were actually defending porn as good or at least non-harmful.
> They are wrong. A moral evil is a detriment to a society and a moral society
> has the right to supress immorality.  Censorship has been considered an
> OBLIGATION of a moral society to protect itself.

My, my, the great Marchionni has spoken. It's easy to prove something
when you postulate what you want to prove, isn't it?  But that's the method 
of choice for religious fanatics. And we all know the world is divided into
religious fanatics and leftist secular humanists. :-)

It would be simpler and more honest if you merely said, "I agree with Paul."

					Jeff Winslow