Twice now--twice mind you--I have seen the word "porn" used to mean "indulgence." The first, which frightened and disgusted me, was in Ross Douthat's book, Bad Religion. Just now I see the phrase on Facebook, "book porn," and it did not refer to dirty books. What is happening?
Apparently, pornography is now so common and so accepted as a form of sensory stimulation that it can stand in for non-sexual forms of enjoyment. This is simply sickening. Pornography is wrong, sinful, and degrading to all involved. It is pathetic voyeurism, which can quickly become addictive and pathological, ruining mind, lives, and marriages.
"Book porn"? No, God help us. "Book pleasure"? Yes, God bless us.
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