G4 on Porn

I was watching G4's show "Attack of the Show" tonight, and it turned out that they had a segment about porn. The show's hosts weren't really interested in addressing the ethics of porn; they were already decided on that. But they did discuss with a pornographer and a porn star whether porn had gone mainstream, and what they thought of this.

Of course, based on who they were asking, they were going to get one-dimensional answers. "Why do they hate us, blah blah blah." The pornographer had a more interesting answer, though. I taped the show, so I might provide a transcript at some point. The question was vague, so I couldn't tell if he was asked whether porn was good or bad, or whether it was good or bad that porn had gone mainstream. Either way, his answer was to avoid the question completely and talk about market forces, supply and demand, etc.

Interesting. While the supply and demand make perfect sense (and should cast shame on a nation that largely professes to be Christian), I find it more interesting that the pornographer couldn't bring himself to say that porn was good. I could leap to my own conclusions about the meaning of it, but even open-ended it says something.

Of course, everyone, guests and hosts alike, had to make the usual platitudes about porn being only for adults and not for children/minors (though I wonder how they feel about teens getting their hands on it). I'd like to hear/read someone of that mindset explain why porn is bad for children.

Of course, if you're interested in my opinion (and I know you are), feel free to read the paper I wrote for my ethics course on pornography.