Appeal to authority isn't necassarily a fallacy. If I had to choose between a politician and social scientists I would go with the social scientists. Note that is what the courts have gone with.
Asserting that it is true doesn't make it so.
We know that you embrace the Meese report and if Meese is right, and you concur with the extracts then you want to ban pornography.
Oh, I get it. It's the mod action, isn't it, and the fact that it demonstrates that you've let your emotions get the better of your objectivity!
Regardless - are you not going to objectively point out that JFranK was the first to embrace it? The very person to whom you see fit to defer, when it suits, but conveniently alienate when it doesn't?
Yes - I see what's going on here.
What, any social scientists?!
If the extracts show a conclusive causative link between what Meese believes and what I desire then you might well be right! If not, then all I can say is asserting that it is true doesn't make it so!
No, the ones that Meese hand picked. The ones who were employed by him. The ones he paid. If they were good enough for him they are good enough for me.
If you keep asserting things I will keep pointing out the facts to you.
Thank you. There is no link. Now can we end this thread? Or is this an instance of special pleading?
So which parts of the extracts that I've posted above did they disagree with, acknowledging that many of the extracts are citations that stand alone from the Meese Report?
Like a well-trained circus pony, you mean?
So your assertion is wrong then. There you go - you're right!
Oh ... I see ... you want to end the thread, but you're afraid to leave alone. You could ask JFrankA to hold your hand, again!
Oh dear ... where to start ...?!
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Actually, apart from you there is some good discussion in the thread. Sugarb is willing to discuss and not impugn motives or cast aspersions. I'm happy for the thread to continue. Your contributions? Not so much. A number of individuals who disagree with my position have thanked me for my contributions so it's actually a productive thread.
The last few pages have been quite good, if you can get yourself on SW's ignore list we can avoid all the pointless semantic filler.
We can hope. I was thinking to slow down the pissing contest. I'm not going to respond to every slight of his. It's unfortunate that egos have to get in the way of important subjects and I accept responsibility, in part, for that. Hello, Toke. The only addiction that I am really familiar with is alcohol addiction, and because that is so..."normal" in our family, I simply figured it would be best for me to avoid other things. Except cigarettes. I failed at that. When I quit drinking, I started smoking...traded addictions, in other words. So I really don't have any idea if it is addictive, and probably shouldn't have included that as a possible reason.
Thanks, some very good information. Particularly that as of now the time needed to produce virtual porn that is indistinguishable from real porn is time and resource prohibitive.
But porn is as diverse. What would, err, relieve one person might not work for another. 