Gregg R Thomas

_Robert_ wrote:
Any efforts to paint child predators as the victims here is disturbed. I am not giving pedos and predators any excuses by calling them mentally ill. would even call it psychopathic behavior and reiterate that they must be removed from society.

How do your basic assumptions not apply equally to gays and lesbian engaging in legal…[Read more]

@ Robert @ Jake

The Israeli Defense Forces is admitting the truth even though Netanyahu and you guys won’t: Even killing every last civilian Palestinian to get rid of Hamas is an unachievable goal.

But let’s kill all the Palestinians in the  Gaza ghetto anyway, even if it’s just for the helluvit.

IDF spokesman says Hamas can’t be destroyed, dr…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Sorry, that’s not logical. If it’s not normal, it’s abnormal, aka an “illness”.

First of all, not normal and abnormal are different concepts. Some leopards have spots and some, very few, are black, but a black panther is rare, not ill. A leopard with rabies is sick.

Furthermore, the concept of normality is normative, defined.…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
If there are tons of deep fake kiddie porn pictures out there – how are we to know if there are real ones in there too?  Perhaps real ones would become more sought after as, I imagine, a high proportion of child abusers are sadistic by nature and would enjoy the thought of a child actually being harmed to bring them a few ph…

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_Robert_ wrote:
Of course, mental illness can change your personality.

It can make someone do unusual things, but the way they do them will be in keeping with their personality.

Paedophilia is an illness because it’s so maladaptive for all concerned.  It’s pathological: it causes harm over the long term.

I’m sure that paedos flock to the…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Nah. It’s often considered more violent act of someone who is mentally ill than a normal act of sexual preference.

Mental illness doesn’t change someone’s basic personality: it couldn’t turn someone into a paedo.  It’s an act of sexual preference, but not a “normal” one.

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Another wrinkle in this topic is fake nudes of real people, now a threat to high school teens, mostly girls.

‘I Felt Shameful and Fearful’: Teen Who Saw AI Fake Nudes of Herself Speaks Out

A lot of bands disappoint live because they can’t bring it on stage the way they did in the studio. The Warning is not one of those bands, even in this fancam video from a recent show in Prague, it’s clear they don’t phone it in.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Sure, no problem Unseen.

No sweat. It’s a good topic for another post. I’d likely join in. Just find a juicy article with wide appeal and start it up.

Sure, no problem Unseen.

@ Reg

I’d really like us to stick with the original focus on the implications for porn. That’s the discussion I’m hoping to have. That article may talk ab0ut more important things, but it’s a bit off-topic here.

Here is an academic paper looking at how A.I. will generate harmful social media content.

_Robert_ wrote:
Because they get off on it being “bad” or wrong. They get off guys abusing and using women. From the safety of mommy’s basement, of course. It’s like legalizing weed. Half the heads I know barely even smoke anymore since granny can run down to the dispensary and pick up some shit stronger than anything they had before. Where i…

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The Warning hits the Billboard Top 10 at #8 in their category, Mainstream Rock Airplay, with the song Sick, which isn’t nearly as good as Hell You Call A Dream or Automatic Sun.

FYI, AI created “girls” from various countries:

Here is a link from  Sunday School  May 26th that covered some of the issues found when checking fake news and AI generated ‘politicians’.

_Robert_ wrote:
Would not surprise me if all this fakery results in sophisticated analysis tools to determine what is real vs what is AI-generated. AI will leave certain detectable markers for now at least. May even raise the market demand for genuine media dealing with anything from news, politics and pornography.

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BTW, in case the legal issue with AI images of underage “girls” or “boys” engaged in sexual activities is that the legal theory behind what makes child porn illegal is that it documents the actual abuse of an underage person. If there’s no underage person, there’s no abuse.

Now, some psychologists might look at this and say, “Maybe we can use…[Read more]

Led Zep’s Kashmir as you never expected to experience it:

And here’s a live performance by LZ:

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The Warning – if they can do Enter Sandman, they should give it a go. I think Paulina would get the drum sound right.

Never happen, I suppose, but it’s fun to think about.