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In reply to the discussion: Over 2.1 mil. People Sign Petition to Close Down a Popular Porn Site! [View all]maxsolomon
(33,251 posts)4. I think it's based in Montreal.
Let me understand you clearly: you want the government (of Canada) to regulate Internet Porn, no matter where it's made? Or just Pornhub?
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Over 2.1 mil. People Sign Petition to Close Down a Popular Porn Site! [View all]
Oneironaut
Oct 2020
OP
You are absolutely right, but often on DU a contingent comes out of the woodwork that
Squinch
Oct 2020
#1
Missed this because it showed up while I was typing-- yes, I am one of those in the woodwork...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#7
Well, I don't have any recent numbers off hand, but over the years I have run into some, and...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#18
You said it, oneironaut. Adult and with consent, otherwise shut them down and prosecute.
MLAA
Oct 2020
#2
I agree that porn leads to despicable acts, and they should be punished. Where I get in...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#5
In the real world, lots and lots and lots of people get hurt in the worlds of porn and
Squinch
Oct 2020
#9
So, let's stop them from being hurt. Walking away from it, or trying to shut it down...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#14
Sure. Because in the history of the world that has ever worked. Just stop them from being hurt.
Squinch
Oct 2020
#16
Your answer then is to try to shut it down driving it underground where there are no protections?
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#19
Sure. Objecting to systematized rape, abuse and trafficking makes me just like a
Squinch
Oct 2020
#40
The maker's and sellers of porn should have to be licensed, insured and regulated
Marrah_Goodman
Oct 2020
#39
That might work, but then we run into the law-- do magazines or Disney movies have to be licensed?
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#41
I'm not sure how much profit motive has to do with it, not for the people uploading the videos
Silent3
Oct 2020
#13
I was thinking in terms of power imbalance regardless of sex, which I didn't clarify.
crickets
Oct 2020
#35