Porn Debate (and talking about Jesus with Nina Hartley)
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:24:02
went great. Craig Gross and Ron Jeremy were introduced by the moderator. Craig gave an opening statement of 10-15 minutes followed by Ron rebutting what he’d said. Both men made the crowd laugh a lot. Craig then introduced me and Ron introduced Nina Hartley. After the introductions it was my turn to speak.
I told the crowd right up front that I firmly believe in the free will and freedom of speech of all people and that as such I’m opposed to legislation against pornography. Education not legislation is the key to changing hearts. I spoke about some of the realities of porn sharing behind the scenes information as well as the personal costs of porn in the lives of some of the models who worked for me. I challenged them to make a decision to consider all costs before choosing to act in the “give and demand circle” of porn because all of us in that circle have made our contribution to the broken lives I’d discussed. Perhaps at some point I’ll share more of what I said.
After my speech. Porn star Nina Hartley was then given an opportunity to rebut what I’d said. Since we’ve never debated each other before she could only assume that since I’m a Christian I’d be the type who wanted to express her “what she should do with her body and what she should do in her sex life” (my fellow Christians now is the time I’d like to ask: why do so many of us try to take away the God given free ordain of others by attempting to pass legislation that denies them just that?). Although I’d taken away that argument by asserting my belief in free will. Nina already had her speech prepared and rolled with it anyway.
Following Nina’s speech the crowd was given a chance to ask any question they wished to ask. I loved that part. Someone would ask a question and those of us on stage would debate each other on our thoughts and opinions on the topic raised. I’d love to overlap some of the discussions that resulted but I think I’ll save that for a future blog entry because what I think you’ll find most interesting had more to do with Ron and Nina than with the debate.
Ron Jeremy my friends is a really soft hearted man. He loves people. I can express he has a big heart. Despite being told that security would bring him away from the autograph table 30 minutes after the debate so that he’d undergo a chance to get something to eat. Ron wanted to alter sure every last person had the.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://donnysramblings.com/2007/11/05/porn-debate-and-talking-about-jesus-with-nina-hartley/
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