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From Under a Rock -
Pornography Goes Mainstream (1)
If I ask you what comes to mind when you
hear the word "pornography," I would imagine
that words like "perversion" and "shameful"
might pop into your head. Well, if trends in
modern society are any indication, you may
need to add the word "mainstream" to that
list.
That’s right, because no matter where you look
these days, there is evidence of the
increasing acceptance of pornography and its
purveyors. Pornographic actresses regularly
appear in rock videos; some have even appeared
on the Grammy Awards. And some make cameo
appearances on popular television shows.
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Technology's Role - Pornography
Goes Mainstream (2)
On January 23rd, a California
businessman pled guilty to 37 million dollars
in credit card fraud. What stood out about
Kenneth Taves’s crime was, first, what the
victims were being billed for, and, second,
that Taves believed the charges wouldn’t
raise suspicions.
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Garbage Cans for
Minds - Pornography
Goes Mainstream (3)
A man I’ll call Ted knows what
it’s like to go to hell and back. Ted is
middle aged and well respected in his
community and his profession. But one day Ted
discovered the Internet and, soon thereafter,
Internet pornography.
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"Pedophilia
Chic":
Pornography
Goes Mainstream (4)
How does the
unthinkable become thinkable? Through slow,
persistent, and quiet change. At a time when
abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia are
becoming widely accepted, you might wonder:
What’s left that could possibly be called
"unthinkable"? The answer:
pedophilia, the sexual exploitation of
children.
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Library
Cuts Hours, Staff and Books to Provide Access
to Online Porn - A Michigan public
library has cut its hours, staff and new book
purchasing to provide access to online porn.
The action has outraged the leader of a
pro-family group in the state who says that a
simpler Internet filter could have been
installed for a fraction of the cost.
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Porn Site Operators Fear Bush Administration
The inauguration of President George W. Bush and the likely confirmation of John Ashcroft as Attorney General have antipornography forces rejoicing and adult-site operators nervous.
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Kids
selling porn in playground
An Australian
university study has revealed that pornographic
material downloaded from the Net is being sold by
children in the playground. Some kids are distributing
explicit CD-ROMs and floppy disks to make a quick
buck.
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Evil
masked by innocence
Alan Copps reveals a disturbing trend of
porn sites using brand names of toys to encourage
traffic. Internet pornographers are burying the brand
names of well-known children’s toys in their pages
to attract more traffic, as the online Christmas rush
begins. Full
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