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This "whataboutism" is actually quite good for illuminating my perspective:

If it could be proved that porn sites are overwhelmingly a net negative for society, would you agree that they should all be shut down?

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Your answer to the question is to repeat the question back?

It's actually a different question that superficially reads as the same question.

No, because I don't agree with the government controlling what I can watch. There is a cost to freedom. I don't need a nanny state to live a full life.

So, where's the line?

Or are you saying that there is literally nothing you consider acceptable to outlaw when it comes to what you're allowed to watch?

Illegal content, perhaps. I don't know.

But what I do know is that the line definitely shouldn't be drawn at porn, alcohol, or immature AI chatbots.

Q: What do you think should not be legal?

A: Illegal things.

Seems this exchange has run its course.

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