“Scarinski” works better no?

I, for one, wouldn’t mind seeing Mika-1 and Mika-2 make out.

The “ika” from “Mika” and one of the “z”s from “Brzezinski” are both from the same person, Brendan. That’s no celeb couple portmanteaux. That’s Mika dating herself.

Zika

It’s not quite that extreme. There’s two things being introduced: one is a resolution that declares porn a public health hazard, on the basis that it is degradation and objectification of women. But you can’t be punished for watching porn.

Yes but you are a victim of the thing you're talking about. She isn't a victim of porn, any more than she's a victim of cars or roads or houses. She's a victim of a deranged man.

I think this is just part of the way that SLC LDS has chosen to officially understand what happened to her in a way that doesn’t interrupt their narrative. I think it’s a big misunderstanding of the issue, but it is better than it used it to be. Mainstream LDS doesn’t have the most evolved views on rape, but blaming…

Well, just that it would be considerably outside the norm of how most people use/experience it. It would be sad for a particular person, sure, but I don’t think it would contain any actual useful information regarding a public health discussion.

I get where you’re coming from, but part of me really hates this type of argument because I’ve had it used against me in semi-related discussions having to do with statutes of limitation on child sex abuse. Literally, I’ve been told that my opinion on the need to eliminate the statute of limitations on CSA is not…

The problem is, one cannot have a porn czar who decides to allow sensual videos but to ban gangbangs. Once you go down that road, you could wind up with a ban on, say, gay porn, or S&M, etc.

She’s not likely to convince anyone of anything, nor harm anyone else.

This is they key. She was abducted, tortured, and raped by a mormon maniac, she has a strong mormon family, and she is an active mormon woman participating in a mormon campaign against porn. This is a sensational story, but we must also remember the religious context.

But the lobby IS using her tragedy to further their agenda, that much is plainly evident.

People believe this. There are families in this country who listen to groups like Fight the New Drug.

“The above video was posted on Friday by the anti-porn group Fight the New Drug.”

Also, people were drawing lewd pictures round about the time we managed to stand on two limbs.

it goes way beyond that. she was raised, and is still, LDS. mormons are very, very anti porn

I didn’t say she wasn’t allowed to talk about her own experience but this is being used to affect society and convince people that pornography is bad. I’m pushing back on the ethics of using a spokesperson with such a loaded backstory. This is like, the #1 thing in my Facebook newsfeed, in my iPhone newsfeed, etc. And…

Nah, that’s a perfect starting point. It’s not a good ending point, nor is it a good main point, but given that the starting point for many people in that space is “This hurt me personally, might it be bad in general?”, porn-as-rapist-manual is a fantastic impetus for that thought process.

yeah exactly, watch porn before bed=healthy. Quit your job because you need to watch porn all day= not healthy. Context.