internet porn reduces rape

Assuming the correlation you describe is correct, I'd be very hesitant to ascribe any causative relationship, as you implicitly do. It seems quite plausible to me that there is a more open attitude generally in those countries about sexuality, and that more open attitude explains the greater accessibility of pornography and the lower rate of sex crimes.I'm not saying that this is the case, I'm simply saying it's not self-evident that more openness toward pornography in general causes a lower sex crime rate.

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Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin

What state is that?!?Do you happen to have a citation?

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Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin

Once again, crash, letting your ideology getting in the way of facts. Most, if not all, states and the federal government, have enacted what are called "rape shield" laws. These laws seriously restrict what facts about a complainant's past the defense may go into.Now, before you engage in your famous putting words in my mouth, I'm not saying there's no trauma in reporting a rape and going to trial. But I am saying that it's very, very unusual anymore for the defense to be able to freewheel through the complainant's past.Carry on, as I am sure you will.

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Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin