I concede. You obviously have more first-hand experience with pornography than I do.

Don't be confused. We are allowed to have more than one opinion.

When we run out of land, do you think it would be feasible to transport enough people to another planet to make a difference? Populating other planets may benefit the human race as a whole, but like it or not, you and I are going to be staying here. So far as overpopulation affects us, better to spend money on family planning.

There is a web site that advocates racial hatred. It justifies rape of a 13-year-old, saying "she really want it"; it justifies a multiple murder, saying, "it's what they deserve because of their race and gender".

If anyone viewing this site is even slightly influenced do some of the things advocated here, tangible harm would result. Beyond that, I think advocating sexual violence and racial hatred is harmful to society, adding fuel to an already simmering fire.

An advocate said, "it's humor". To paraphrase the justice (again) "I can't say what pornography is, but I know it when I see it." This material isn't funny. They wouldn't think it was funny either if the racial references were switched.

If there is nothing degrading about a video, then I personally wouldn't consider it pornography. As you say, "people do it all the time." No harm, no foul.

That doesn't mean there isn't some real crap out there. If you disagree then you will be comforted to know that I have absolutely no authority to ban anything --just expressing my opinion.

I don't think the US is getting reimbursed for its expenses in Iraq. Somebody is making money, though.

Did I make it clear that it will cost BILLIONS to proceed with Mars missions, which will be DEDUCTED FROM YOUR PAYCHECK?

There already is a war. So far as I can tell, it hasn't brought oil prices down.

Even if a product is cheaper, if you are out of a job or your paycheck is 'downsized', you can't afford to buy it.

Outsourcing and free trade 'level the playing field': the end result will be that workers anywhere in the world will be paid similar wages. Our standard of living will be lowered to raise the standard of living in the poorest countries.

At some level this may be "fair" but it isn't playing by the rules we've been following thus far.

In the meantime, big business will be enriched beyond reason, just as oil companies continue to enjoy record profits.

If there's nothing wrong with it, it isn't pornography. It is art or it is educational material, or it is something else. The word "pornography" means there is something wrong with it.

By definition, pornography has no redeeming social value. It portrays sex in a degrading way.

There are videos out there that no one ought to see, and only someone who is sick would produce to begin with. A justice of the Supreme Court has said something like, "I can't tell you what pornography is, but I know it when I see it.' Viiewing actual pornography, reasonable people are going to say, "This is disgusting; it is detrimental to our society."

It costs 16 cents per mile if gas costs $4 per gallon and your car gets 25 miles per gallon. If you drive 60 miles round-trip to work, that's $9.60 per day, that's $48 per day, $192 per week.

I'm more aware of the price of gas, but can't say I've cut back on driving yet. If the price goes to $8/gal. I guess we'd only drive to work and for essential services.