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sex != porn

EDIT: downvoting me for saying that porn is different than sex is like downvoting me if i'd said Hollywood movies are different than reality...

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Except that this is the case when reality is so much better and sensual than Hollywood movies.

Porn is sensual? Yeah ok... better visiting motherless.com than reading this kind of bullshit.

// @TODO: fix this downvotable comment, might result in bad karma

His comparison implied that actual sex is 'better' than pornography. It's more sensual. Draws harder on the emotions, and involves more drama and mess than is depicted in pornography.

If anything pornography is a whitewash of the rich tapestry of sex to make it into something bland, banal, and utterly mechanical wherein you can slot the entire act into single categories and stick them on a website.

Porn is also nothing special here.

Where is "here"?

Europe?

Then I'd like to know in which part of EU "porn is nothing" or whatever is the meaning of this. Because I live in Europe and I don't know any EU states that doesn't tons a laws about pornography.

All right, what are the laws in, say, Germany or Spain? Except for some basics like "it's better not to show outright porn on national TV channels, at least before 11PM".

In Spain, exposing minors (under 18) to porn/violence/gambling/alcool/drugs get you to jail.

For Germany you can Google it yourself.

That may be true, but in Spain pornography is shown daily after 11pm. Any minor who can stay up late, and has access to a television will see it if they desire.

Essentially the same is true in the USA or anywhere in the world, any minor who has unrestricted access to the internet can see pornography.

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