NoPornNorthampton: Anti-Porn, Anti-Prostitution News and Strategies: Recent Comments

Comment on Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit)

Linda — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:04:38 GMT

23 years old... a BA, you still have a long way to go in learning what responsibility really means. And with your thought process and attitude, that's why our system is still oppressing by corrupted cops.

Also if you need porn to help show you how to explore yourself sexually, I'm guessing you have no imagination or sense of what you really want, but for others to show you what they think you want. I'd like to see what you'd say and feel if gagging a man, you is a way to help discover sexuality and you become a victim to that violence... let's see what you say then. And to use porn consumption as an education tool to explore sex, you won't discover the truth here. Good luck. Let's just hope none of your close female family/friends will be vicitms of showing you or other men ways to sexually discover themselves. I'm sure you don't want your daughter to be in that situation. And just because you're or we are in that "age", many of us learn and discover sex by talking to our partners to see what they like and don't like, not mimic others. You have a brain, use your intinct to guide you.

Comment on Testimony in Minneapolis: Prostitutes and Porn (explicit language)

NPNAdmin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:19:18 GMT

Legalization has been tried. The results are poor:

http://nopornnorthampton.org/2007/10/12/melissa-farley-prostitution-and-trafficking-in-nevada-making-the-connections.aspx

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jan/18/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation

The Swedish approach works much better. They removed legal jeopardy from prostituted women but increased it for pimps and johns. After the police were trained in the implementation of the new law, the incidence of prostitution and sex trafficking plummeted:

http://nopornnorthampton.org/2008/06/24/sweden-reduces-prostitution-sm-berg-rebuts-skeptics.aspx

Comment on Testimony in Minneapolis: Prostitutes and Porn (explicit language)

Tom Quinn — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:14:01 GMT

Prostitution should be legalized and controlled. The entire industrialized world recognizes the inevitability of the trade. USA today. Oh boy. Why bother

Comment on Raynham, MA: "Shock, outrage over sex acts in store"

NPNAdmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:47:23 GMT

Well gosh, why do we have laws at all? Why do cities have health inspections? If a store creates, profits from, or turns a blind eye to unsafe conditions, the people have a right to take action. Considering AIDS and other STDs, it's no stretch to say this is a matter of life and death.

Comment on Yard Sign Gone Missing? We'll Replace It Free

NPNAdmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:36:17 GMT

Yes, we reluctantly did restrict the normal commenting mechanism. The primary method of accountability available to us is the IP address. Those who heckled, harassed, or otherwise abused their commenting privileges had their IP address blocked. Unfortunately, some members of the opposition found and publicized a way to defeat this system.

We do accept comments by email and phone, as is noted on every page of the website.

As always, we reserve the right not to publish any comment. This aligns with our overall position that private actors should think hard before publishing or profiting from meritless or harmful speech.

We strive to provide evidence over rhetoric on the website. If the evidence is harsh, we don't soften it.

Comment on Yard Sign Gone Missing? We'll Replace It Free

Mike Ciampa — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:00:55 GMT

I'm leaving this here since it was the only spot I could find that wasn't closed for reply..."It would appear that one or more anti-censorship activists are blatant hypocrites." It would also seem that this forum subscribes to the same policies it would criticize. Freedom is a funny thing and while I agree with some of the points presented in this forum I find the overall lack of open dialogue on your posts a little disconcerting to say the least. One hand clapping sounds pretty much the same from any angle. Good luck in your efforts even the ones that from a lot of angles seem completely puritanical and bizarre in nature...I have found that when people speak in superlatives it is often a disservice to the greater goal of most causes since invariably there is no room for debate in a world that is closed to opposing points of view.

I find the overall tone of this site to be pretty antagonistic as a guy who thinks for himself; just my two cents.

Comment on The Impact of Internet Pornography on Marriage and the Family: A Review of the Research

joy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:50:01 GMT

I think that people should really take extra caution before they see adult materials as they are prone to become to what they watch. Two of my friends engaged in illicit sex with the same sex beccause they peek on adult sites.

Comment on Robert Jensen: Influence of Pornography on Sex Offenders (explicit language)

Natividade — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:47:08 GMT

sorry but what is the point here? It sounded senseless.Don´t the porn shop harmnfull? and why this cap video stuff,what dos it have to do?
Back to the issue,the more i read about the eefcts of pornography,the most i get convinced we do must fight it.I have never seen pronography myself,i could notice through the descriptions so far that it was "erotica".I am very surprised with the violence content in the discribed material,i start to ask myself wht kind of men we are living with,what kind of men many of us do their best to become attrative and marry.I am surprised that many women still belive in that enchated world showed in female magazines.I gues it would be a good subject,to compare the difference between the female magazines and male magazines.Maybe that´s the answer for the women acceptation of porn,the training in the patriarchal society reforced by female magazines.

Comment on Raynham, MA: "Shock, outrage over sex acts in store"

NA — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:03:26 GMT

People have the right to behave as they chose! Who are you to stop them? We do not live in a communist country, if you are so into impeding on peoples rights move to china. The exterior of the building is not offensive and if you don’t want to be offended stay out of there. Maybe you should gat a life and focus on some more important issues like hunger or homelessness. I will bet everyone writing this blog has at one time or another has watched or looked at adult material. Should you be arrested? Or should your business be shut down? No one has a gun to the participants or patrons heads forcing them to go into the store or appear on film. This is a free country that is hat makes this country great. Focus your energy on something else more important.

Comment on CleanHotels.com: A network of lodging facilities that do not offer in-room, 'adult', pay-per-view movies

M Robins — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:15:55 GMT

Thank you so much.