This Week In Porn Hysteria

Some people are so adorably sheltered and impressionable that they really believe god kills a kitten every time you masturbate, while others get ready to write legislation, pull on the jackboots and start kicking in doors about it. Yesterday morning I directed your attention to the DoJ and Attorney General making porn their #1 priority over terrorism and child endangerment; no doubt shoring up their motives on similar kitten-myth porn addiction testimony from last year's Congressional porn hearings. Over at Web MD, Martin Downs interviews the dubious "expert witnesses" and looks for evidence in the psych community to support their claims. Is DoJ actually short for SPCA? (Full disclosure: I'm quoted in the article.) V. Blue

Is Pornography Addictive? (my.webmd.com)

Previously: Congressional Porn Hearings, Internet Porn Hysteria on 20/20, War On Pornography, Kittenhate