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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
http://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge.html
This TED talk is a favourite of mine on this topic. Without needing to refer to a moral framework I'm fairly confident that porn is harmful to people for the fact that it inhibits us from experiencing other important joys in our life.
It is arguably bad in the same way junk food is. Not because it is immoral, but because it's counter productive to longterm health and happiness.
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And also like with junkfood, there's nothing harmful about sometimes just filling a need.
Also like with junkfood, the border to art is really hazy. Sometimes what we call "junkfood" can actually be nutritionally quite alright and even tasty, and sometimes what we call "porn" helps people relax and process their thoughts and fantasies in a safe and comfortable way. (Like art.)
(Also, there is some evidence that the availibility of porn has a decreasing effect on the number of rapes, although I don't think the data is conclusive yet.)
As for the rest of the topic, as a polyamoric atheist I am so far removed from the OP's worldview that I just don't know what to say.
However, I think the polyamory FAQ might be an interesting read for people interested in this topic, because it looks at the issue from a very different angle.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/polyamory/faq/