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07/28/2007: "70% of Americans despise "immensely profitable" porn"

A large 70%-majority of Americans reject the idea that "nude pictures and X-rated videos on the internet provide harmless entertainment for those who enjoy it"; only 27% agree; in general, opinions about pornography have become slightly more conservative over the past 20 years. Currently 41% agree that "nude magazines and X-rated movies provide harmless entertainment for those who enjoy it," while 53% disagree. The number saying such material is harmless has fluctuated, declining from 48% in 1987 to 41% in 1990 and then varying by no more than four percentage points thereafter. The pattern is more mixed for other values related to freedom of expression.

[ Tell us the obvious: open the door to pornography, or even "erotica," and soon the perversion comes out of the woodworks and we all suffer as our society decays. 30% think porn is OK, and about half of those are probably regular viewers, and 0.002% love it because it has made them rich where their character makes them more fit to be sewage arrangers in an apocalyptic wonderland. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20070727/ts_pew/70sayinternetpornographyisharmful