By Matthew Singleton
So the other day, I was watching TV, and something shocked me. It was Happy Days, the American classic sitcom. In this episode, Ritchie was sick. The Fonz was stopping by, apparently to borrow Ritchie’s car for a date.
But he sneaks through the window and smuggles Ritchie a Playboy magazine.** (It was a famous pornography magazine.)
I’ve watched some other early episodes. There were several references to pornography. How could the wholesome 1970’s show about the more conservative 1950’s have such a topic?
Pornography is a natural part of this fallen world. It has been around even in ancient history.***
In fact, ancient pagan temples use to control the government: they would rule with temple prostitutes, and pornographic art would cover the buildings. These profanities would bleed out into other social ills. Sodomy, rape, incest, violence, and leaving newborns outside to die marked these societies.
The difference between a golden age of America and the ancient societies is simple. In that golden age, the evils of society were hidden from the public. Yet among the heathen and today, these evils are on parade. Meanwhile, today, shame comes from living a righteous life, say, of remaining a virgin too long and being unmarried.
Today in America, if you stand for the traditional family, you are scowled upon. You are the minority. You are assumed privileged. The reality is that raising a family makes your life tougher but more successful and rewarding. Children can bring a joy to the home that otherwise wouldn’t be there.
Now, the edgy way of life brings dangers that, while exciting, victimizes those around you. The habit of watching pornography, though gross, does not seem to make a lot of victims. But that’s only at first.
What are the differences between performing pornography and being a prostitute? The differences are who is paying the money and whether or not the sexual act is recorded. Those involved in the sexual acts can still be victims.
Meanwhile, the monster of lust demands more and more. Playboy is ironically not as successful anymore, since society wants more out of porn. As the porn industry grows, so it magnifies prostitution, and many young poor people turn to prostitution to make a living, while human traffickers capture others for sexual use. Some say that America now houses over a million women and children for sex slavery.
We are no longer the land of the free, are we? Did Fonzie and Ritchie really know what they were doing in sharing and looking at that Playboy magazine? More importantly, did Ron Howard and Henry Winkler know?
Prostitution**** is an exercise of economic power to suspend societal authority. Prostitution attacks the nature of parental authority, especially in patriarchal society (but not limited to that).
Why? How can the father be devoted to his family if he is with other women and eventually other children?
The movement of prostitution weakens the family. The weaker the family is, the more that people will call for the government to intervene to fulfill the father’s role in the home. So, we see then how the movement of prostitution leads to an increase in government power, and therefore, we see why the far-left likes the prostitution movement despite the fact that that movement markets itself as being pro-liberty.
They want to get rid of the father in the home, so that the government can take his place in society.
So, as we start looking at the big picture, we see families in large numbers being ripped apart. The government adjusts to a disabled society by taking more control of society. That leads us down the road to more socialism.
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** Happy Days "The Cunningham Caper" Season 2 Episode 14 January 21, 1975
*** The history of erotic depictions includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, dramatic arts, music and writings that show scenes of a sexual nature throughout time. They have been created by nearly every civilization, ancient and modern. Early cultures often associated the sexual act with supernatural forces and thus their religion is intertwined with such depictions. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_depictions
**** Reno vs. ACLU 521 US 844 (1997)https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/prosecuting/overview.html5"It is estimated that there are 1.5 million human trafficking victims in the United States, most of which are children. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named Atlanta as one of the top fourteen cities with abnormally high rates of human trafficking. However, the issue is not limited to Atlanta. Human trafficking is taking place in every corner of the state of Georgia."https://investigative-gbi.georgia.gov/investigative-offices-and-services/specialized-units/heat-unit#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20there,high%20rates%20of%20human%20trafficking.
***** PROSTITUTION, noun [Latin prostituo.] Webster's 1828 dictionary
A. The act or practice of offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a female.
B. The act of setting one's self to sale, or offering one's self to infamous employments; as the prostitution of talents or abilities."
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