Perhaps pornography and adultery are not on the same level, but they can have similar results--loss of trust, loss of relationships, divorce, wounded hearts, even loss of jobs, and suicide. KSL did a series on pornography last summer. You should have seen the blog on KSL that resulted from the series where wives and girlfriends of pornography addicts as well as some pornography addicts discussed pretty openly what happens when a partner or the person blogging is a pornography addict. It would blow your mind. Some people who posted seemed to think pornography was no big deal, but then the comments from others would break your heart--and not just from naive wives, but from addicts who had lost jobs, spouses, families, and come near to suicide because of the addiction and because some of them were so addicted they spent inordinate amounts of time on their addiction to the detriment of jobs and families. The specifics of the harm done was surprising in its scope, possibly because I was a little naive myself. It might still be available on the KSL blog.
Laura Card
-----Original Message-----
From: "D. Michael Martindale" <dmichael@???>
To: AML Discussion List <aml-list@???>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:03:51 -0600
Subject: Re: [AML] Do Violent Movies Increase Crime?
Laura Card wrote:
> Still, ask anyone who is married to a porn addict or gambling addict or
> any kind of addict and he or she could tell you about harm in
> relationships or financial bankruptcy or physical abuse. That’s why
> people think these things are bad. If you add doing nothing to complete
> the circuit you get a more well-rounded view of the type of harm caused
> by addictions.
I do not doubt they are bad. But I don't believe the consequences of
pornography are equivalent to the consequences of adultery. Claiming
they do both trivializes adultery and turns pornography into a more
frightening monster than it needs to be.
--
D. Michael Martindale
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