I think you are demphasizing some of the risks of marijuana a bit here.
Kirk, if you want to debate with me, make some effort and do it right. This is so annoying.
"I think you're a purple dinasaur."
In what way and why? Making conclusory statements without any reasoning for support is annoying.
I understand your point but you have to admit those women volunteered to be objectified and subjugated in the first place.
Irrelevant. People used to sell themselves into slavery and indentured servitude too, and we have still outlawed those things.
I think you are responding to 6000 years of the world being bound to sin here though Tamara. Do you not think that men where not bound to base sexual desires and women objectified in the past? Slaves in early America where used for sex, throughout the 1500's to the 1700's (and longer) most nobles had secret lovers on top of their wives and this was known and accepted by everyone including the wife and the church. Prostitution was rampent. Even before that many noble and wealthy Christian men kept entire harems and had tons of illegitimate children. Heck one of the reason's that Martin Luther got upset and started the reformation was because he noted that in Rome there where brothels strictly dedicated to the "service" of the clergy.
What does that have to do with anything? Because people have sinned in the past we suddenly can't make laws about it? Oh gee, did you know that hired hit men have been around for millenia? I guess we better legalize murder for hire.
The only difference now is that women freed from certain cultural restrictions have now also been bound to base sexual desires.
Nonsense. Women have always been subject to the same fleshly desires. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the subject at hand.
And let not forget, there are many out there that don't consider this a bad thing. I don't think we can ever write the law based on our faith alone.
The thread asked what we, personally, would do if we were ruler of a country. You asked me, more specifically, the reasons why I would outlaw inappropriate content.
As the leader of my own country, I tell you that this is what I would do and I don't care what you think "we can" do nor do I care if there are some people out there who justify sin to themselves and don't think it's evil to arouse their own lust by looking a inappropriate content or to make money by using women (and children) as objects of lust.
Moral relativism will not be a consideration in my legislation.
Yes but when it escalates to that level you have to admit those people probably already had some issues anyways. I really don't think the inappropriate content created those issues. NOW it probably enhanced them quite a bit. I say that because honestly there are lots of people out there watching inappropriate content and you know that the majority of those guys don't turn into pedophiles or serial killers.
Agreed as to serial killers. But there are A LOT of pedophiles out there who started with soft core inappropriate content and worked their way down the ladder. With the internet and mass availability of inappropriate content on unprecedented levels, pedophilia is quickly becoming pandemic. Does everyone slide down to the bottom? No, but enough to make it a serious problem and real threat to society. Enough to say "enough is enough" and pull the plug on it.
Yes but you are looking at this from a purely Christian standpoint. (Although I give you the title of the thread says your own country and not America or something like that)
Why shouldn't I look at it from a purely Christian standpoint?
So do credit cards, gambling etc. inappropriate content doesn't always ruin a marital relationship, some would tell you it enhances theirs. (I don't get that but ok). Credit Cards don't always ruin a marital relationship but they often enough do. And actually stasitically speaking they are more likely to ruin the average marriage then inappropriate content.
You just make statistics up off the top of your head, don't you Kirk?
Marriages that fail often site money issues as the number one reason for the failure. But most of the time money is just the "safe ground" that couples chose to vent their problems with one another about. As a divorce lawyer, I know that inappropriate contentography is a huge problem in many marriages and leads to distrust, disrespect, isolation, and separation. Couples are often hesitant to talk about it. Wives are embarassed because they see it as a statement about themselves (they think it means they are sexually unattractive) and men wish to hide their sin. (And let's face it, inappropriate contentography can be a problem for women too, but it is far more likely to be men with the problem).
Ok I should probably note that when I was thinking of this I was thinking of America.
So was I because I'm in America and the OP asked what we would change about the country we are in.
