JASON MILLER: Pornification Is A Disease And We Have An Advanced Case

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Obscenity Yields Obscene Profits and Capitalists Can’t Resist

by Jason Miller -- World News Trust

(Warning: This essay contains explicit descriptions of pornographic sex acts. --Editor)

Programmed to obediently work, consume, and act on our hedonistic impulses, we immigrant inhabitants of Turtle Island are probably amongst the most gullible people in the history of humanity. In the United States, critical thought and education are considered to be frivolous. Madison Avenue, Hollywood, Wall Street, and our very own Ministry of Truth in D.C. pound home the message that we exist to make and spend money to keep our mighty Capitalist economy running like a well-oiled machine. Contemplation and deep analysis are for “fuzzy-brained liberals” living in their “ivory towers.” Our role as Americans is to “git ‘er done,” go home, drink a beer, and flip on Fox so O’Reilly can tell us what we think.

America’s corporate media offer a virtually endless supply of sound and imagery to stimulate our endorphins while filling our minds with propaganda powerful enough to make a ruthless empire appear to be a benevolent crusader for humanity. (Believe it or not, some of us have actually been able to over-ride the “Americans good, Muslims bad” loop in our program).

Need proof of how deeply the lies are etched into our mental hard-drives? Recent polls indicate that at least a third of Americans are still wandering about with their power to reason disabled to the extent that they voice their support for the wretched malefactors residing along the Potomac.

America has morphed from the land of opportunity into the land of the opportunists. Did the architects of the United States system of government truly intend for our Constitution to protect the rights of avaricious corporations and wealthy individuals to exploit the masses? I sincerely doubt it. But their “rights” are often more protected than those of We the People.

Consider the example of pornography.

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http://worldnewstrust.org/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=4008

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1. As I am reading this I am reminded of a conversation I had with my young

son. I caught him watching the Playboy channel which was included with cable back in the day. And I knew I could not stop him from watching it, so I simply said. You know, you watch the most beautiful people on TeeVee having phony sex doing soemting you know little about, and when you and your girlfriend have sex you have to compete with them. Do you really think you can? I said only that and walked out of the room. I never saw him watching it again..and never found magazines..like I did when he was about 12. He was 16 at the time.

I have pissed him off more by telling him about the threats of what he is doing than believing I had some sort of magic way to stop him. Once some stranger gave him tickets to a concert..and I explained to him that now that stranger knows what seats you will be at...and he can offer you a 'drink'...laced with who knows what. Why would a stranger ask you for directions..and give you tickets to a concert? I never told him he could not go. He did not go.

Another time, he told me he and friends were doing white lightening and I explained to him that one CAN drink enough liquor to kill oneself before they pass out...He got very angry at me and stormed out of the house telling me how I ruined all his fun!

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2. i like porn -- i watch porn

i have never become addicted to porn.

i love fashion and beauty -- and haven't fallen victim to those either.

this isn't cigarettes we're talking here - or guns -- we're talking about ideas really.

and more promoting victim type behavior.

i'm a dyed in the wool socialist -- i believe in rules -- but there are areas of life where people fall or rise on their own accord.

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3. Some more snips

"I am calling upon pornography users to consider the harm it inflicts on them and others, the adverse impacts of its virus-like infiltration into nearly every vehicle of our media, and the intellectual and spiritual power they surrender to pornographers by mindlessly consuming their eye candy....

Perhaps the most disturbing element of pornography Paul exposes is how deeply it has woven itself into the fabric of our society. Movies, advertisers, rock bands, Hip Hop artists, Websites, magazines, and newspapers hammer us with a steady barrage of material that fits the definition of pornography. If something glorifies the objectification of women, lacks artistic value, and is intended to pump up libido, it is a form of pornography....

So let’s not kid ourselves into believing that those who have scrambled to the top of the United States’ version of the Capitalist pyramid scheme by degrading those they exploit to make their product, severely damaging women’s psyches, and feeding pathological male addictions are selfless martyrs for the cause of our freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and redress of grievances to our government. The deep resolve of pornographers to protect the First Amendment begins and ends with their cynical devotion to making profits through exploiting human beings.

Pornography is detrimental to the psychological, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the subject, the consumer, and the family of the consumer....

This is the point where I can assure you that your moral compass is probably broken beyond repair if you don’t see the need for some measure of legal restriction on pornographic activities."

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It's nice to see more people joining the fray.

[xchrom]

4. could NOT disagree more

and find the proselytizing offensive.

the broad sweeps this person is making could be said about socks.

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5. Do socks objectify women?

That's news to me. I wonder how that works.

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6. at this stage of the feminist movement -- something

other than promoting the psyche that all porn objectifies and denigrates women ought to be where we're at.

that all viewers of porn are inherently participating in the victimization of women.

both are patent lies.

the comment about socks is to give credense to the broad brush that jason miller is painting with.

it's garbage.

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7. Well I think

that if you can't see that the vast majority of porn turns women into a commodity for men - then you aren't paying attention.

Violet Socks is not as polite as I try to be about it. But she's got it about right, I think.

http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/?p=360

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8. and if you can't see that women are active

consumers of porn -- then i don't know what to tell you.

returning to the puritanical values of the past is no way to liberate women{or men} from anything.

these argument are too broadbrushed -- and i doubt if these are people who like sex.

the dworkinization of sex politics for women should not be an option -- it's doesn't take into account all the women who don't have the negative experiences of some others -- aren't victimized and enjoy a variable sex life -- offering women a burkha from the left is still a burkha.

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9. Objectification can be sold to either sex.

That was part of the point of the article.


Jason Miller's argument is like that of the "old-style leftist" (but which people will characterize as religious - because it's easier to argue against):

"Loved by the newly prosperous Indian middle class as a hip Western accessory, and distrusted by religious conservatives and old-style leftists as symbols of Western domination in a globalized world, Coke and Pepsi have a way of inflaming passions....

In 57 samples of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo drinks produced in 12 Indian states, the CSE found the average amount of pesticide residues to be 11.85 parts per billion (ppb), 34 times higher than the permitted limit set by the Bureau of Indian Standards. These standards by the BIS have been drafted but not implemented."

From the article linked to here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2447038


A lot of people have been sold the idea that porn is the "hip Western accessory" like Pepsi (full of pesticides).

It's still about "profits through exploiting human beings".

If it were all free - it might be different. You are not arguing for free sex. Nor does it have anything to do with religion or how much people like sex, either.

Those are good ways to avoid the issues, though.