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[caseymoz]

24. Well, we're not going to agree . . .

. . . on the size of it. You have your estimate. I have mine. Neither are supported by any valid surveys I know of. I don't expect to find any, and I'm not willing to interrupt the flow of my life to look.

Of course I think mine is more likely, but I'd call it guess. It's based mostly on a feud I saw play out between pro- and anti- sex factions on youtube. It certainly looked to me like the pros were outnumbered. Another thing, antis were by far dirtier and meaner in the way they fought. So, I don't expect fair play from them.

As late as five years ago, I, too, thought attitudes in this country concerning sex were liberal and set to go further in that direction. I made a few costly personal mistakes because based on it. Therefore, I no longer think that. I think this culture is more likely to collapse completely than it is to accept the sex industry as honorable.

For your last point, what's missing for creating a groundswell against porn is any sense of urgency, in other words, hysteria. They can argue that porn incites violence against women, and some people would even say that they're convinced. Nevertheless, with sex crimes and rapes going down, along with crime in general, it's hard for anyone to act like they're convinced of it. Their feet say something different from their mouths.

If, however, there's a sudden change in crime trends, look for the groundswell.