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...Porn. The old narrow Puritanism is passing, and few mourn it. But the feeling of relief is mixed with growing unease and doubt: How will the current avalanche of porn change America? Many who oppose censorship now wonder if the mounting taste for porn is a symptom of decay, of corrosive boredom, of withdrawal from social concern for obsessive personal pleasures. Even those who argue that it is not harmful to the user, and that people ought to be free to do what
...difficult to escape the suspicion, especially in societies with more or less Judeo-Christian moral standards, that pornography, so often not really erotic but merely dehumanizing, can be a symptom of social disorder. Sex has often been used as a political weapon for rebellion (and is therefore suspect in totalitarian societies). Open sexuality can be seen as a sign of freedom, yet it can also run riot to the point where it becomes both destructive and compulsive and thus ultimately unfree...
...topics to be discussed at the retreat is PBH's trend away from individual programs toward more collectively oriented work. Blankenhorn said, "The individual program cures a symptom, while programs for collective change cure the reason behind...
Harvard silk-screening students are concerned that the poor ventilation is a hazard to health and a symptom of inadequate organization of Harvard graphics...
...Daniels, associate dean of students at UMass, said yesterday, "We recognize it is only a temporary solution...that this problem is a symptom of a larger one." He said, however, that "both groups ought to be commended for finally sitting down and dealing with the problems...