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Yes, it would be absolutely shameful if there was pornography on the internet, easily available to anyone, even children. Society would crumble!





It's funny because the results are in, millennials grew up with pretty easy access to all manner of porn from an early age and the effect has been nothing. Even a reduction in intimacy if anything.

I'm sure the hysterical puritans of the past will come out any day now and admit that they weren't even 1% correct in their assertions.


> Even a reduction in intimacy if anything.

My understanding is that this is one of their complaints


It's what they switched when confronted with evidence, roll the clock back 10, 20, 30 years though and it was "Will turn them into rapists, molesters, and social degenerates."

Porn sites are blocked in many jurisdictions, so I would not use that argument.

No, there's no movement to shut down pornography on the internet. There's a movement to shut down specific websites and make a lot of noise about it but continue consuming pornography behind closed doors.

People like pornography. They'll as soon ban alcohol again (which worked so well last time)


On the contrary. Porn is inaccessible, along with many other things, in much of the world. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

Alcohol is another good example.


Legally inaccessible; in practice widely available.

there are.



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