OFF: Starship Troopers (was Classic Rock)

[M Holmes]

Dave Berry writes:

> > (and she most definitely does want
> > to censor what we read, see and hear).
>
> Actually, she wants the right for people to sue pornographers for the damage
> that (she perceives) they do to people.

Eh? Everyone *does* have that right if they can prove in Court that such
damage has in fact occurred.

> E.g. she believes that pornography
> encourages and incites men to rape women

But is unable to furnish evidence that this is in fact the case. An
interesting question is raised however. If she believes that decreasing
the rape sttistics must always take precedence over issues such as
freedom of speech and freedom of choice in reading matters then would
she accept the logical consequence, that if it were proven that
pornography was cathartic and actually reduced the rape statistics (as
post-legalisation stats in one particular country might suggest) then
viewing it should be made compulsory?

> that pornography stores and
> prostitution make streets no-go areas for women, etc.

Hmmmm. My local video store and newsagent has pornography and I see
women in that street all the time.

> Dave.

FoFP