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Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law (www.vice.com)

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[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

Bit of a leap, my dude.

Of course we should have laws.

But for things that are actually harmful.

For everything else we should have regulation.

[+] ech@lemm.ee -43 points 1 year ago

If your single point is "trying to stop people only makes them do it more", than no, it's not a "leap". That invalidates the very idea of having laws in the first place.

And fwiw, I'm not arguing in favor of this law, just against the idea you replied with.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I just stated a fact, not my opinion on it.

The leap was you assuming that i think that means there should be no laws. Which, as you can see by my previous response, you were wrong about.

[-] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We didn't say this about everything (although it is true that some kinds of people are attracted to anything forbidden). We said it's true of teenagers and porn. Duh.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

We said it’s true of teenagers and porn. Duh.

I don't see any such qualifiers. Do you?

[-] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Semi-Hemi-Demigod said:

It’s not that. It’s that if you tell a horny teenager that there’s pictures of naked people somewhere they’ll move heaven and earth to get to it.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I wasn't responding to them, so how does that matter?

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

And fwiw, I’m not arguing in favor of this law, just against the idea you replied with.

Whatever you're arguing for or against, you're arguing like a drunk uncle. You're taking it to an extreme that it's obvious no one actually intended, and then arguing against that extreme like it was the original point.

[-] ech@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

I'm not arguing against extremes, I'm arguing against a bad argument. And I'm not drunk, I only wish I were.

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