Pornography: None left Innocent, Part 1

This will be the beginning. First off, remember the figures here.
40 % of children are exposed to porn, and that only covers the internet. To be realistic would be to discuss porn on all mediums, and just as a guess I would wager that the statistics would point to 70-90% of children being exposed to acts of "Illicit Sex".

One of the things I hope to show with the gathering of articles on the subject of illicit sex is how pervasive it is and that it's pull and sway has, at least at times, been upon MOST of society. Will I be able to prove this here? I doubt it. But maybe we can begin here.....
By the way, we are looking for an article that was published in mid 2006, maybe in AdBusters magazine. It was on the topic of Pornography, the author spoke of porn bringing the "death of empathy". If anyone is familiar with this please let me hear from you. I am at
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from www.redherring.com More than 40 percent of children see porn on the Internet, mostly unintentionally. As broadband becomes more accessible and access to the Internet grows, children are inadvertently being exposed to pornography, according to a study by the University of New Hampshire released Monday. In a survey of 1,500 youths aged 10 to 17, researchers found that 42 percent reported being exposed to online pornography in the past year. Of that group, 66 percent said they were not trying to find the pornographic material. The survey was conducted from March to June 2005. Among the most common culprits that led to encountering X-rated materials, both accidental and intentional, were peer-to-peer file-sharing networks and the ease of downloading images. Misspellings in a web address or search engine were another cause, The study not only demonstrates the prevalence of online pornography but also calls attention to the need for parents and educators to take an active role in protecting children

As Microbes are Murdered

This discussion of "what if" the microbes ceased doing what they were made to do, is more relevant than what even the biologist who wrote it may realize.
It's interesting how the definitive answer to the world's biggest question of the day, both scientific and political, is right here.

from schaechter.asmblog.org What if all the bacteria and archaea on Earth decided to go on strike and stop their metabolism all at once? Here are two scenarios, (1) Our demise is driven by the N cycle: Most available N pools in soils would be used up in about 1 week So, no more growth of photosynthetic organisms after about 1 week. N-limited plants could weakly photosynthesize for a short while, storing starch somewhere, but without a growth sink, it would soon halt. With no more photosynthesis, CO2 would slowly build up due to animal respiration and fossil fuel use and lead to greenhouse death of the planet. Scenario 2: Plants kept alive by absurdly huge, planetary fertilizer inputs: Photosynthesis continues, but microbial respiration stops. This leads to about 60 Gt C/year being sucked out of the atmosphere and left in non-decomposing biomass. This would deplete the atmospheric CO2 pool in about 12.5 years, leading to dead plants and a snowball earth.

Cancer causing sex (multiple lovers)

In this article they go on to encourage the use of condoms during oral sex. You say "!WHAT?!" ; that's right condoms in the mouth, yuk. Look, No one is opposed to any effort made to encourage people to protect themselves from disease and clamor. However, when are they going to mention the fact that if you didn't stick your face into everyones crotch, Then You Wouldn't Get HPV of the throat or throat cancer from HPV? Again, it's the first lesson I learned from YH, "Hand on hot stove = Burned hand". Simple Logic to me!!!

from www.newscientist.com Oral sex can cause throat cancer 22:00 09 May 2007 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi People who have had more than five oral-sex partners in their lifetime are 250% more likely to have throat cancer than those who do not have oral sex, a new study suggests. The researchers believe this is because oral sex may transmit human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus implicated in the majority of cervical cancers. People who had one to five oral-sex partners in their lifetime had approximately a doubled risk of throat cancer compared with those who never engaged in this activity - and those with more than five oral-sex partners had a 250% increased risk. People with more than five oral sex partners had a 750% increased risk of these HPV-16-caused cancers.