Why is the demand for pornography so huge?

[gorski]

A note: I haven't seen this until today...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlRoaFTHuE&feature=related - Chomsky on porn

Some email exhanges:

http://www.hustlingtheleft.com/chomsky/index.html

Debating his view:

http://musefree.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/noam-chomsky-on-pornography/

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/07/29/chomsky-on-pornography/

 

[ringo]

I was reading something a while ago about those little statuettes of fat chicks they occasionally find at prehistoric sites, while some argue they represent 'goddesses' others contend they were a primitive fom of pornography

That must be a pretty new interpretation, there was none of that when I studied archaeology.
Probably bollocks too.