Salman Rushdie on pornography

[rumguy]

"Raising yet another controversy, Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie claims that porn is vital to freedom and supports his argument with statistics about the volume of porn traffic on the internet in Pakistan.

Rushdie argues that a free and civilized society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography."

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_936572,001100040004.htm

[jeff30997]

1. Damn! Too late !

I wanted to do a Salmon joke! :)

[rumguy]

2. I spelled it 'Salmon' at first

but the article has his name as 'Salman' - is that right?

[MisterP]

3. old joke: "what has long blond hair, big boobs, and lives in Australia?"

[edbermac]

4. What?

[MisterP]

6. "Salman Rushdie" is the official answer

[edbermac]

9. Well, I guess it was a lot funnier way back when...

Kinda like doing a Nixon joke nowadays...

:boring:

[Fleshdancer]

5. we Americans are more free and civilized than I thought

we run the risk of not having our votes counted due to BBV and the Supreme Court decided our last President, but hey, we got lots o' porn so we're FREE! In your face!

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I think I agree with him

free speech includes porn.

[NashVegas]

8. Yes / No

Yes: grow up.

No: with complete mass acceptance, porn loses its ability to shock. it also risks the possibility of becoming a tool of the powerful, rather than a tool against the powerful.

yes: uptight religious extemists need a little loosening up

no: somehow i don't think religious extremists, who don't respect womens' sexuality in the first place, are going to look more fondly on women offline just because they got free access to some snatch shots.