Since its earliest formulations, the Canadian Criminal code has adopted provisions that sought to limit or prohibit certain behaviors that were considered to offend the public morals. Through the codification of laws related to obscenity, the government of Canada has sought to regulate, and where possible, prohibit the behaviors of those who the government considers to be corrupt in the moral fibres of society.
It is my opinion that the Government of Canada, through its use of legislation, ought to only limit or prohibit certain behaviors when, and only when, it can be demonstrated that such behavior would produce harm to either, or both, the individual and society.
Pornography, strip joints and Internet sites ≠ encourage individuals to …show more content…
Removing this would create a hole in the way people can live vicariously through imagination to committing immoral acts in their real lives. While outlets for our sexual adventures such as strip joints and the internet are easily accessible, I do not believe this to encourage an individual who does not already possess a desire to commit a sexual crime to act out these fantasies.
The government ought not to impose undue prohibitions on the production of and participation in pornography
I firmly believe that it is not the governments place to impose prohibitions on activities that do not constitute a harm to those who are participating or those who may encounter such activities. As it relates to pornography, the question becomes a matter of expression where an individual must be granted the authority to, whether through direct or indirect participation in the act of producing or consuming pornography, decide whether such acts are consistent with their own understandings of morality.
Moreover, I firmly believe that if people do not want to view pornography then they have that choice. It is not like pornography, in many cases, is not thrown directly into the faces of those who oppose. An active attempt must be made in order to view