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Man of Steel:
http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/denison-forum/very-good-news-about-pornography.html

Pornography is a plague that has risen to epidemic proportions.  Of all Internet users, 42.7 percent view porn; 40 percent of adults in the U.S. regularly visit porn websites; by next year, porn video consumption on tablet computers will triple.  As I have written previously, pornography is highly addictive.  It destroys marriages, makes women and children into sex objects, and fuels human trafficking.  Christians are not exempt: 47 percent of believers say porn is a problem in their home.
 
Now there's very good news for those of us who are working to counter this plague: Google has joined the fight.  The company has prohibited apps sold through its app store that contain or promote explicit content.  It is working on technology that would eliminate all images of child pornography and child abuse from the Internet.  And now it has decided to refuse advertisements that contain or lead to pornography.
 
This is a significant decision, for three reasons.  One: casual Internet users will be far less likely to view porn unintentionally.  It is estimated that 90 percent of America's youth, ages 8 to 16, have viewed porn online, most while doing their homework.  Many clicked on an interesting ad with no idea that it would lead to porn.  The Internet just became safer for our kids.
 
Two: other search engine companies may follow suit.  Google maintains the world's largest Internet search engine.  As such, it is a global leader in technology.  The company's decision may encourage and even pressure competitors to follow their example.
 
Three: Google is giving up enormous revenues.  A 2012 study estimated that the company earned $100 million a day from its advertising campaigns.  As much as 12 percent of all websites contain porn; 25 percent of all search engine requests are porn-related.  Google could lose a massive amount of money as a result of its principled decision.
 
When last did it cost you something significant to do the right thing?  Consider Robert Rowling, a Dallas businessman and personal friend.  Bob made the decision in 1999 that his Omni Hotels would remove all pay-per-view adult content from their hotel rooms.  Their marketing director explained: "Not all business decisions should be fiscally driven.  We believe that this is the right thing to do."
 
Truett Cathy chose to close Chick-fil-A restaurants on Sundays so employees could attend worship services.  Tennessee businessman Alan Barnhart lives on one percent of his company's profits and has donated the rest to an irrevocable charitable trust.  Second Chance Coffee Company employs former convicts and provides support to them and their families.  Norm Miller, chairman of Interstate Batteries, worked with e3 Partners to launch "I Am Second," a campaign that shares the faith stories of celebrities and ordinary people around the world.
 
What influence has God entrusted to you?  How are you using that influence to exalt Jesus and help people follow him?  At what price?  C. S. Lewis, when asked how much Christians should give, offered this wisdom: "I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare."  Have you?  Will you?
avxo:
Oh boy...


--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/denison-forum/very-good-news-about-pornography.html

Pornography is a plague that has risen to epidemic proportions.
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Pornography is not a plague.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Of all Internet users, 42.7 percent view porn;
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Citation needed. And then, even if 42.7% of Internet users do view porn, so what? We can discuss how to keep pornography out of the hands and monitors of children, but what business is it of the author's what percentage of other adults view porn?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---40 percent of adults in the U.S. regularly visit porn websites;
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Those damn adults... what do they think they are? Some kind of adults who can make their decisions!?!



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---by next year, porn video consumption on tablet computers will triple.
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And the problem is what? Sticky tablets?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---As I have written previously, pornography is highly addictive.
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Just because he previously wrote it doesn't make it so.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---It destroys marriages, makes women and children into sex objects, and fuels human trafficking.
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Pornography qua pornography doesn't destroy anything.

As for the objectification of women, I'm not sure what's worse: objectifying them, or controlling their lives. After all, who the fuck is the author to decide what adult women can or cannot do with their bodies?

[And, now, for the following obligatory statement, lest anyone interpret the absence of such as support:] As for the issues of child pornography and human trafficking, we should of course do our best to eliminate both.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Christians are not exempt: 47 percent of believers say porn is a problem in their home.
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They should pray harder and take cold showers.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Now there's very good news for those of us who are working to counter this plague: Google has joined the fight.  The company has prohibited apps sold through its app store that contain or promote explicit content.  It is working on technology that would eliminate all images of child pornography and child abuse from the Internet.  And now it has decided to refuse advertisements that contain or lead to pornography.
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Eliminating child pornography is a laudable goal and one we can all get behind. As for the rest, you and the people working to "counter this plague" can go fuck yourselves.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---One: casual Internet users will be far less likely to view porn unintentionally.
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Right, because that's a really big problem. I mean, who hasn't, unintentionally typed fuckedbyhorsecocks.com, amirite?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---It is estimated that 90 percent of America's youth, ages 8 to 16, have viewed porn online, most while doing their homework.
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It's easy to throw around numbers and statistics. It's harder to back them up. Citation needed for the quoted portion: who made this estimation and based on what data? What's the confidence interval?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Many clicked on an interesting ad with no idea that it would lead to porn.
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I have never personally seen such an ad. That's not to say such an ad doesn't exist - only that I find it unlikely, but that's irrelevant. The interesting question here is if you want to protect your precious spawn from seeing such things why don't you (a) supervise their Internet activities or, if that's just too much difficult (b) buy some cyber-nanny software to run on your computer and protect your damn kids and leave the rest of us alone?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---The Internet just became safer for our kids.
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Fuck you and fuck your kids.

 

--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Three: Google is giving up enormous revenues.  A 2012 study estimated that the company earned $100 million a day from its advertising campaigns.  As much as 12 percent of all websites contain porn; 25 percent of all search engine requests are porn-related.  Google could lose a massive amount of money as a result of its principled decision.
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Google can, of course, choose who to do business with and what kinds of materials they want to advertise; it is their right. Yes, porn is big business but I doubt that the amount of money that Google would lose over this is "massive" - again, the author doesn't cite his sources; he just spouts bullshit.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---When last did it cost you something significant to do the right thing?  Consider Robert Rowling, a Dallas businessman and personal friend.  Bob made the decision in 1999 that his Omni Hotels would remove all pay-per-view adult content from their hotel rooms.  Their marketing director explained: "Not all business decisions should be fiscally driven.  We believe that this is the right thing to do."
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Good things Omni Hotels is privately held, or that statement would qualify as an admission of breach of fiduciary duty. But do note: Omni Hotels chooses to limit the content they make available on their TV screens; it's not choosing to limit the content available on other people's TV screens.

 

--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Truett Cathy chose to close Chick-fil-A restaurants on Sundays so employees could attend worship services.
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Good for them. But they aren't telling people they can't eat chicken on Sundays, are they?



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Tennessee businessman Alan Barnhart lives on one percent of his company's profits and has donated the rest to an irrevocable charitable trust.
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Good for him, but he isn't forcing other people to live on 1% of their profits and donate the rest to an irrevocable charitable trust.



--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 17, 2014, 08:05:00 AM ---Second Chance Coffee Company employs former convicts and provides support to them and their families.
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Good for them, but they aren't forcing other companies to fire former convicts and provide support to them and their families.

Are you starting to see a pattern here? These people are not trying to control other people's lives - they aren't trying to tell them what to eat, how much to donate and who to hire. The author is trying to control other people's lives: he believes porn is bad and a sin and that, therefore, nobody should have access to porn.
Man of Steel:
Jim Denison wrote the article...fyi.

I can try and locate his e-mail address if you'd like

As far as I'm aware the pornography industry isn't going anywhere, is only growing in popularity and accessibility and will still produce an abundant supply of pornographic materials for you and  your loved ones to enjoy for decades to come.

Good news for lovers of pornography is that Google's efforts won't make a dent.  And who knows?  Perhaps Google will get new leadership in the future and double or triple their support of pornographic material.

In short,  if you enjoy pornography you have the vast majority of the planet supporting it also....it's extremely safe and protected for your children's, your children's children's and your children's children's children's lifelong enjoyment.
avxo:

--- Quote from: Man of Steel on July 21, 2014, 05:04:58 PM ---Jim Denison wrote the article...fyi.

I can try and locate his e-mail address if you'd like.

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I know - I didn't think you wrote it. And no need; not interested in corresponding directly with a buffoon. If he wants to come on here, we'll oil up and have a pose-down. BOOM!
mik1111:
if google doesn't want to search for porn, other engines will. and will be n1.
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