@Stoli: I think sexual desire is a strong force that leads many people to act out in ways they would not have otherwise. I think there's a lot to be said for sexual and biological urges and what they'll cause you to do. I think we all know the pressure, the pull, the back and forth of sexual desire, versus how we feel…
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@Kowl Slaw: Yeah, decency, that thing that kicks in where you think of other people instead of only yourself and your jack-off needs.
@otakufish: Well, given that as a woman I'm often made to shut up by being told how "emotional" I am, when I've been anything but, it's a trigger for me. Seeing as I how I use my first name, it's pretty easy to see that I'm a woman online, so when someone tells me I'm emotional because I think virtual child porn could…
@theoldwolf: I appreciate your first paragraph, perhaps you explained this much better than I did.
@Deaf Mute: You say that violent porn doesn't contribute to violence against women, but how do you know that? You act like people are never a product of their environment, ever. How can you not say that the little signals we send on social acceptability by what we make available to the public contribute to a greater…
@nutbastard: You keep saying rational as if I'm just some flighty emotional woman being completely unreasonable because I won't kowtow to your opinion. It's not "rational" or "objective" to champion the popular response with little thought to real social consequences (because addressing them would be inconvenient for…
@chorx: Brave thing to say, watch everyone jump on you and act like you're a thought Nazi just because you think that "OK"ing virtual child porn could ultimately hurt real children. Apparently, the only opinions you're allowed on Kotaku are "FREE SPEECH, MAN! 'Cause if they take one shred of free speech from us, it's…
@nutbastard: But you're still not acknowledging that providing these materials, consequence-free, could contribute to a damning sense of normalcy that could culturally contribute to the hypersexualization of children, which WOULD cause real life problems. We already have thongs for children under the age of ten, Bratz…
@Deaf Mute: Just because sexual violence towards women happened before porn doesn't mean that porn isn't contributing to the problem. I'm merely asking that a line be drawn in the sand—I never said "ban rape porn". But where does it end? Why am I the monster, here, for not wanting to contribute to a sense of normalcy…
@nutbastard: People can be aroused by virtually everything without being devoid of morals, but if you're sexually attracted to children, yes you are a waste to society, devoid of morals, and should be put down like a rabid dog.
@Gamal: Oh I see what you did there. How clever *eye roll*.
@Deaf Mute: It may not seem to directly contribute, but how can you say it doesn't contribute to our society's loose views on sexual violence towards women? It makes it seem like "no big deal".
@Rutty14: You're right, you know, message received loud and clear Kotaku: it's totally acceptable to contribute to a culture that focuses on violence and hypersexualization of children to fulfill sexual desire, no matter what social consequences there might be. I'll remember to leave my sense of decency at the front…
@nutbastard: Emotional? What, because I'm a woman, if I object to popular opinion somehow I'm emotional?
@Stoli: I will agree that murder is terrible, but again I feel it's all about context. And no, murder is not worse than any sex crime. You can't tell me it is until you've had to live with the trauma and pain of being sexually assaulted, especially if you were a child when it happened. Murder creates a corpse. Sexual…
@nutbastard: Wait, I'm the only one in this thread who's against the popular train of thought, and I'M the one not being objective...?
Leave it to Kotaku-ites to defend child pornography in its virtual form.
This is why I try to get all my kicks at Christmas, when my SO will let me go hog wild in Sephora for my Christmas present. I don't wear enough foundation or powder to go through a new bottle or compact in a year, so I pick that up then. Then I buy mascara, and some frivolous items. Still costs a couple hundred bucks.…
@bethinwonderland: Then you would love the Dior mascara I have. Whenever I put it on the whole bathroom smells like roses for hours.