Re:Why Most Men Aren't Man Enough to Handle Web Porn
by lsb on Saturday January 19, 2013 @05:14PM
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As with all proposals to limit the freedom of speech:
1) It's not just the right of the people who speaks to be heard. Your own right to hear and be exposed is as much at stake. Every time you silence someone you make yourself a prisoner of your own actions.
2) Who's going to determine what speech is harmful? Who determines what uncomfortable things you might read, see, hear? Who is eloquent enough to decide for you? Who relieves you from the responsibility of being exposed to minority viewpoints?
There's a pernicious sexism that runs through this entire article. Do women not have sexual thoughts? Why is "man enough" used to mean "strong enough"?
1) It's not just the right of the people who speaks to be heard. Your own right to hear and be exposed is as much at stake. Every time you silence someone you make yourself a prisoner of your own actions.
2) Who's going to determine what speech is harmful? Who determines what uncomfortable things you might read, see, hear? Who is eloquent enough to decide for you? Who relieves you from the responsibility of being exposed to minority viewpoints?
There's a pernicious sexism that runs through this entire article. Do women not have sexual thoughts? Why is "man enough" used to mean "strong enough"?