There is no way to enforce it in our current weak "democracies". A stronger civil authority could definitely enforce such laws.
I have a question for you
Cooper Collins
Brody Sanders
The lustful spirit runs deeper than just the mainstream porn. I haven't looked at real porn in years, yet I'm jacking off every night to my female friends on instagram.
Alexander Richardson
We're not trying to outlaw masturbation. Pornography is bad for more reasons than just lust. It's vulgar and corrupts morals and the way genders see each other.
Jaxson Hernandez
The current issue with Porn is not so much that it exists, but that it is so easily accessible
Oliver Edwards
I'm not sure I have an answer, so I'll just start by sounding out my thoughts.
Prohibition was very successful if you go by alcohol-related deaths during prohibition- the law saved many lives.
Prohibition was unsuccessful if you view only the rise of organized crime, enabled by a product many wanted that could not be legally sold. Still, keep in mind that many more lives were saved (less cirrohisis of liver deaths) than were lost to organized crime, Prohibition, as to saving lives, was a success.
So, banning a thing makes us consume less of it. Yet, banning a thing makes the lesser number of producers more violent, organized and criminal. An example of this is the problem with child porn rings and sex trafficking. Most of us civilized folk are surprised it exists - especially when it's in our backyards. But, when it does exist it is crazy violent and damaging to those involved.
Predictions- if porn was illegal, every porn star would be a doped-up slave. Far fewer people would view porn. There would be a lot less porn made and the little amount of porn made would be expensive…
But wait, porn isn't a consumable product in the way drugs or alcohol is. Porn that has already been made will stay in the market. Also, porn can be produced in the home… if the price of porn rose too much, it would even be made secretly by married couples that were really hard up for cash, so maybe I'm wrong about all porn stars having to be slaved, at a high enough price point, even normal people would risk it…
So, porn won't get -that- expensive, or people will just produce it at home. Under it's current legality, drugs, STDs and slavery still occurs- and it's harder to prosecute under the guise of legality. Further, the same people running the porn industry tend to have ties to organized crime anyway- there's sort of weird connections in the vice industry…
I'm totally uncertain but considering how bad the industry is anyway, and that it would certainly drive down consumption, I'm in favor of it's illegalization unless shown otherwise.
Liam Jackson
That was a very good insight, thank you.
Aiden Turner
It used to be illegal, but not anymore. Remaking it illegal would take some serious changes to Congress and an amendment to the Constitution that (a)removes the establishment clause of the First Amendment and (b)makes anything the Christian religion deems sinful as illegal.
Good luck.
Owen Sanchez
I feel like we should stick like something along the lines of the Nordic model for prostitution. Lenience towards the actresses themselves, punishment towards the producers. I'm not entirely sure if punishing consumers is the right way to go.
Nathan Rodriguez
Should we ban everything that is a sin? All sin has a negative effect on society. Why single out pornography? If we take this “we need a law against that!” approach, you end up with a theocratic state that the population will revolt against in the end.
Check out the English Pilgrim and Puritan colonies in 16 century New England; that fell apart in less than 4 generations. Now look at New England.
Eli Stewart
no the state which has literally every church’s support shouldnt try to interfere with male authority.
if youre a man, would you let either your wife or daughter participate in pornography? and if you threatened wihdrawal of physical provision, do you think they would participate?