skyscrapercity<\/a>)<\/p>\n If he had a clue, or actually if he just had Google, he might know that he is wrong in stating that porn was created by Americans during the sixties. Maybe he\u2019s used to being wrong, maybe that\u2019s his comfort zone, I don\u2019t know. But blaming Americans in the 1960\u2019s for something that has been around for thousands of years is comical; additionally, the only thing that generation of Americans is guilty of is being really, really cool. <\/p>\n
What a quick Google search about porn could tell you, besides the fact that you may enjoy buxom brunettes more than buxom blondes, is that pornography is old; older than America, older than religion, and certainly older than the 1960\u2019s. In fact, the ancient Greeks often painted sexual scenes on their ceramics, as did the ancient Egyptians \u2013 his ancestors! Additionally, the oldest porn video dates back to 1896, so the good news is that he was only 64 years off on videos. <\/p>\n
The most troubling thing about the interview was not the Mufti\u2019s historical inaccuracies concerning porn, but rather his very restricted conception of freedom. He says, “I hope we do not link this industry to freedom, because freedom is elevated and means human dignity.\u201d The thing about freedom is you don\u2019t get to pick and choose what suits you, people are free to make porn, people are free to watch porn \u2013 they don\u2019t have to adhere to your interpretation of \u201celevated freedoms.\u201d <\/p>\n
There is also nothing undignified about adults partaking in pornography, but there is plenty undignified about people begging in the streets and children dying of hunger \u2013 which would be a better place to direct the freedom and dignity speech. <\/p>\n
The Mufti then goes on to say that pornography leads to atheism, you know, like the common cold leads to a doctor\u2019s visit. The only thing I know pornography to \u201cleads to\u201d is a good night\u2019s sleep after going to town on yourself for the duration of three or four videos. People aren\u2019t skipping prayers and religious services to indulge in watching strangers pork, unless they\u2019re addicts \u2013 but either way, there is no logical link between pornography and atheism. In fact, God has remarkably frequent mention in pornographic videos. MAY BE TOO BLASPHEMOUS. <\/p>\n
The Mufti also added that \u201cmankind has been plagued by pornography\u201d \u2013 to which we say: if porn is a plague then consider us dead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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