Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:48:03 -0400 To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com> From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com> Subject: Pornography As Terrorism? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"[Note from Matthew Gaylor: The crazed religious right has made the absurd claim for years that porn is the same as murder- Now Utah's Women For Decency is making the even more absurd claim that porn can be as destructive as Terrorism. I might point out that Utah is fittingly known as the Beehive state- A description that captures both their collectivism and drone like busy body activities. Judging from the photograph of Utah's Porn Czar Paula Houston she has nothing to fear personally from the pornographers as she's rather unattractive both physically and ideologically.]
<http://www.sltrib.com/10142001/utah/140181.htm>
Women Uniting For War on Porn Sunday, October 14, 2001
Utah porn czar Paula Houston recently met with a Women For Decency chapter in Provo to discuss plans for a citizens' battle against pornography in the state. (Douglas C. Pizac/The Associated Press)
If anyone thinks taking on saucy magazines and movies and suggestive lingerie ads in magazines should take a back seat to tackling terrorists, members of the fledgling organization cropping up across Utah suggest otherwise.
"The parallels between [smut and terror] are uncanny," says Women For Decency Director Janalyn Holt. "Pornography destroys families. It's not a one-time shot like an airplane flying into the World Trade Center. But little by little, blow by blow, it can be just as destructive. We are getting bombarded on all sides."
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