On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Udupa,
>
> This appears to be out of print. Got a copy I can borrow?
>
Sure--you can borrow my copy.
On 01-Feb-13 5:42 PM, Thejaswi Udupa wrote:
> For those interested in Bangalore's history, a must-read book is 'Promise
> of a Metropolis', by Janaki Nair.
Udupa,
This appears to be out of print. Got a copy I can borrow?
Udhay
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>
> 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.
>
>
> http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51753a877b1eac1622a9-is-pornography-changing-how-teens-view-sex
>
>
That is exactly what I am trying to
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 08:54:49PM +0800, Charles Haynes wrote:
> This is an old old discussion, going on at least 40 years at this point,
> and sadly facts don't seem to matter.
Facts do indeed seem to indicate that porn doesn't matter much,
at least in the Netherlands
http://www.huffingtonpost
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Nikhil Mehra wrote:
> This should liven up the debate a bit:
>
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
>
Iceland has, unfortunately, bought the Dworkin/MacKinnon "feminist"
anti-por
On 26 Apr 2013, at 17:12, Nishant Shah wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nikhil Mehra
>> wrote:
>>> This should liven up the debate a bit:
>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Deepak Shenoy wrote:
> Speaking purely economically - it's cheaper when they ban the darn
> thing. If they make it legal, they'll charge a bloody license fee and
> have auctions for licenses and some random minister will fraud the
> taxpayers and all that. I'd hav
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nikhil Mehra
> wrote:
> > This should liven up the debate a bit:
> >
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
>
>
And whi
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nikhil Mehra wrote:
> This should liven up the debate a bit:
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
Iceland with 322,000 people is the size of an Indian village.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 01:12:31PM +0530, Nikhil Mehra wrote:
> This should liven up the debate a bit:
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
Don't forget Sweden:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#Swed
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Deepak Shenoy wrote:
> >> For the record, I do not advocate a ban.
> >>
> >> With the internet around, banning anythi
>> For the record, I do not advocate a ban.
>>
>> With the internet around, banning anything is like trying to hold on to a
> fist full of sand.
Speaking purely economically - it's cheaper when they ban the darn
thing. If they make it legal, they'll charge a bloody license fee and
have auctions fo
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ingrid Srinath
wrote:
>
>
> For the record, I do not advocate a ban.
>
> With the internet around, banning anything is like trying to hold on to a
fist full of sand.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Deepak Shenoy wrote:
> What I mean is - if rape is about power, then the problem isn't in
> showing porn or not showing it. We might as well allow it - because
> the rapist isn't going to stop for lack of porn, he will want the
> power that his act does.
>
> It's
On 26 Apr 2013, at 12:24, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
> 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
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:06 PM, 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.
>
>
> http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51753a877b1eac1622a9-is-pornography-changing-ho
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Surabhi Tomar wrote:
> 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.
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