On 26 April 2013 12:06, Ingrid Srinath wrote:
> The problem with this scenario is that porn, increasingly violent porn, is
> the only source of learning on the subject of sex for many boys/men.
Young Indian men are taught from an early age, by movies, that sexual
harassment and violence against
On 26 Apr 2013, at 07:53, Deepa Mohan wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
>
>>> The principal ground of the petition is that pornography is
>>> directly linked to the rise in heinous sexual offences against women.
>>
>> Is this true though? Can it be proved through n
Isn't rape nearly all about power and very little about the sexual
> act? Stopping or showing of porn is unlikely to deter a rapist.
>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/jhamlin/3925/myths.html
>
>
The link says nothing about porn.
Also, I don't think reasons for rape are the same in a country wh
> That would be my guess too. IMO, rape is a two part problem- power play and
> sexual-inactivity.
> Imagine a place where hormones start raging at 13 years of age BUT then you
> have to wait another 15 years (when you get married) to be able to do
> anything about it. We live in that world.
Isn'
> > Can it be proved through numbers and studies?
>
> No. It can (and has been) *dis*proven through numbers and studies - but
> politicians aren't interested in facts, just votes.
>
That would be my guess too. IMO, rape is a two part problem- power play and
sexual-inactivity.
Imagine a place where
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
> > The principal ground of the petition is that pornography is
> > directly linked to the rise in heinous sexual offences against women.
>
>
> Is this true though?
No.
> Can it be proved through numbers and studies?
>
No. It can (and ha
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
> > The principal ground of the petition is that pornography is
> > directly linked to the rise in heinous sexual offences against women.
>
> Is this true though? Can it be proved through numbers and studies?
>
If this is true, why was there
> The principal ground of the petition is that pornography is
> directly linked to the rise in heinous sexual offences against women.
Is this true though? Can it be proved through numbers and studies?
On Apr 25, 2013 3:26 PM, "Nikhil Mehra" wrote:
>
> They already have. Don't know what's holding them back. It's actually
being looked at as a joke petition as of now. If they do decide to ban porn
their going to have a helluva time defining it. And then putting into place
appropriate filters that
On 25-Apr-13 2:52 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
> "*There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the
> streets?" Dick Cavett (as quoted in Life magazine)*
Frank Zappa made the same point: "I wrote a song about dental floss but
did anyone's teeth get whiter?"
Udhay
--
((Udhay Shan
They already have. Don't know what's holding them back. It's actually being
looked at as a joke petition as of now. If they do decide to ban porn their
going to have a helluva time defining it. And then putting into place
appropriate filters that ensure that other perfectly legitimate content is
Thanks Nikhil, that gives hope, now to pray the 24x7 news channels won't
catch wind of it. The thought of heated debates and many hours of
programming will be hard to resist.
On Apr 25, 2013 3:17 PM, "Nikhil Mehra" wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
> sankarshan.m
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan
wrote:
>> The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will
love
>> it because it's a meaningless but decisive move; with
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan
> wrote:
> > The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will
> love
> > it because it's a meaningless but decisive move
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will love
> it because it's a meaningless but decisive move; with no political downside
> to it because of the taboo.
It would take a remarkable politician to bet him/her
"*There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the
streets?" Dick Cavett (as quoted in Life magazine)*
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will love
> it because it's a meaningless but d
The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will love
it because it's a meaningless but decisive move; with no political downside
to it because of the taboo. The only thing this will really do is destroy
Indian democracy some more by strengthening intrusive laws, and help set
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