Wow, one rapist said porn got him started. That proves it, all right.

That's BS. He made his choices. Porn is not sick...it's a natural inclination to enjoy looking at sexual images. There are studies that show that, in areas where sexual material is more readily available, sexual crimes are fewer.

Here's some articles of interest:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbe...pornograp.html
http://www.cybercollege.com/sexrsh.htm - "It has been widely assumed that there is a direct link between pornography and sexual crime. Although those who commit sex crimes may collect pornography, 99 percent of people who collect pornography do not commit sex crimes -- just as 99 percent of the people who collect guns don't kill people."
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/20...-political.php
http://www.libchrist.com/New2004-5/p...asescrime.html

Now, certainly, you can find sites that claim the opposite, but I believe that access to sexual material decreases sex crimes, based on my own experiences in life. The vast majority of people who view porn don't commit sex crimes, and people who have been victims of sex crimes as adults and especially as children often don't want to accept that. People who are going to harm others can choose not to do so, and I'm getting sick of people wanting to act like these people aren't responsible for their own actions.