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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
No, she did not, then or now. It's yet another example of fallacious cause-and-effect reasoning, i.e.: fact a) porn is more prevalent now; fact b) social standards have dropped; hence a) causes b) - when in fact neither has anything to do with the other. You cannot simply pick out one social factor such as porn and state that that is the root cause of all society's problems. It's nowhere near that simple.
The Romans had porn. Orgies and prostitution were everyday facts of life. Yet theirs was reckoned to be one of the greatest civilisations in human history. Are we to infer from this that porn etc. made the Roman Empire what it was? Of course not.
I would argue we need less censorship, not more - censoring and/or banning material only makes people want it more, it's human nature. What happened in the 1920s during Prohibition? An explosion of illicit booze-making, that's what. Drugs are illegal...and as a result the drugs trade is worth more than the GDP of entire countries.
The sooner governments realise this - that banning things only makes them more desirable - the better.
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You make some very good points (although porn wasn't her only bugbear).
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Originally Posted by denphone
Its important not to stereotype society as l see plenty of Decency, modesty & self respect out there personally.
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Yes, there are still decent people around that we can relate to, but I do think that there are less of them.
Too many these days think that it's appropriate to express whatever floats into their head, regardless of any upset that this may cause.
Their right to "say it as it is" (even though it's only their opinion and not fact) and "speak their mind" comes before any problems, upset or offence caused to others.
I'm all for free speech, but a lot don't seem to have a filter these days, whilst the rest of us have good manners. It's not only the young ones where behaviour has deteriorated either, as per my example above.
Many more people seem to be arrogant, egotistical, abrupt, rude and disrespectful as a matter of course when they interact with other people these days. These traits appear to have replaced tact, kindness and respectful behaviour in so many.
I can't really remember when this started getting worse, I'm sure such people have always existed, but I don't recall many being like this in my youth; those that were were quickly admonished by their peer groups.