Porn Rant

Crap that gives me a rash:

An Open Letter from Morality in Media President Bob Peters To Marriott International CEO Bill Marriott: Get Rid of the Porn

In his letter dated July 18, 2007, Robert Peters chastises J.W. Marriott, Jr. for allowing pay-per-view porn in Marriott hotels. Peters states:

"Before we checked out, however, I decided to make sure this was a "porn free" hotel by turning on the TV and clicking to Menu Options. Sadly, what I found was not only a link to "Hollywood Movies" but also to "Adults Only." There was a "Must Be 18 To Enter" warning, but proof of age was not required to proceed and view film titles (emphasis mine) (with pictorial/written promotional material) like these:

"Reign of Tera 2" ("hardcore action")
"Lesbian Secretary" ("hardcore")
"Hardcore POV" ("This is hardcore point of view")"

Thank you Mr. Peters for publishing the "porn" to which I previously did not have access unless I had checked into a Marriott hotel. The very thing against which you rant you have published for the whole world to see...the film titles only. Marriott placed this "porn" behind a "Must Be 18 To Enter" warning, but you sir, did not. Anyone can stumble across it on your "family" website. Thanks.

If someone wants to see steamy stuff on Marriott TV, they must pay, and they have to go looking for it apparently. The Adults Only category was not in the main list of viewing options, it was buried down in the Menu Options. How often does anyone select Menu Options anyway???

Yes, Mr. Peters, stay somewhere else on trips away from home, please. I enjoy the hospitality of Marriott hotels and now there will be a greater availibility of rooms for me. It's a win-win situation. You will be sheltered from the inticement of demon porn and I will have the opportunity to luxuriate in a king-sized bed away from the ice machine, garbage bins, and noisy AC units. Excellent!

Michael J. McManus, writing in his column "Ethics & Religion", gave his support to Peters. "You Too, Can Fight Pornography" Aug. 04, 2007.

McManus writes:

"An FBI study of 37 murderers confessing multiple killings found 29 used hardcore and soft-core porn to fuel their anticipatory fantasy."

What McManus fails to realize is that violent people can use ANYTHING to fuel their anticipatory fantasies. A photo of Craftsman handtools in a Sears catalog can tip a psycho over the edge to stab someone in the neck with a screwdriver. Violent people are just violent. That's all there is to that. Porn watching does not a killer make.

When questioning serial killers interviewers don't usually ask the killer if they ate white bread or brushed their teeth. Their only questions support the quest against porn. If different questions were asked, statistics would support the contention that brushing one's teeth or eating Wonder bread can fuel a serial-killing fantasy.

Peters states in his letter to Marriott:

"You should also be aware that distribution of such materials, among other things, contributes to the breakup of marriages, to prostitution, to sexual assaults against both children and adults, to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and to the erosion of decency."

Society's ills are not caused by porn. Mankind was doing horrid stuff to each other long before Debbie did Dallas. Folks, find something else to blame.