by H.W. Holdings

Created on: September 17, 2009   Last Updated: September 19, 2009

Watching porn is a perfectly healthy expression of ones sexuality and is the inalienable right of every American who comes of age. That is something sacred in our culture and it should be protected.

That said, there are very different kinds of pornography and Americans need to be protected from that which does not feature consensual adults in life affirming situations.

Fundamentalist religious fanatics tend to be the biggest fans of censorship of pornography. They have always claimed that it causes anti-social behaviour. The religious right doesn't like anything that they think contradicts their doctrine even if it plainly does not in any possible way.

Anti-porn crusaders have never used reason or logic to explain why they believe certain things are bad. I, myself cannot find a single passage in the bible that suggests pornography is bad or unhealthy and neither can they unless they twist words as they so often do. I know a lot of old people don't like it because they don't like the idea of young people having the kind of good time they never had in their day. I know it and I could not possibly care less about their petty, stupid feelings.

I could explain the libertarian view but I think it has been outlined enough times over the centuries in courtrooms and newspapers. My open support of a certain kind of pornography comes from a different perspective.

Many of these same anti-porn people have the view that homosexuality is a choice and that North American society condones the gay lifestyle which they vehemently oppose and condemn. I happen to share that view and that is why I celebrate the production and availability of heterosexual pornography.

One cannot control human sexuality as many disgraced religious leaders have proven with their own spectacular and very public failings in that regard. But proper stimuli can provide a needed catalyst to spark the perfectly human and decent desires within young heterosexual men and women. A young heterosexual man needs proper stimuli lest he go down a wrong path. He needs to have confirmation of the normalcy of his lust.

A sexualised vision of his ideal woman is a huge part of the formation of his sexual identity. Our young people need to be getting a better sense of pride in their heterosexual identity. The lumping of sexuality and lust and sin together with homosexuality is what causes confusion. As a kid visions of Lorraine Olivia, and Renee Tenison, African-American Playboy Magazine Playmates were definitely a part

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