1. Porn cultivates good relationships. --- Porn has little or nothing to do with relationships. A relationship that is centered around, or influenced by, porn isn't much of a relationship to begin with. I've watched porn with girlfriends, but it was kind of distracting and unfulfilling. I really don't think porn has a lot to do with relationships any more than dreaming does.

2. Porn is for men who sincerely appreciate the beauty of the female body. --- It's less an appreciation for women's bodies than it is a need to see those bodies in order to gratify themselves and release some tension.

3. Porn is harmless and it has no negative effect on the person using it. --- It can be addicting, but certain people seem to need it more than others, kind of like booze.

4. Strippers and porn stars lead glamorous lives, and men respect them. --- As compared to what? A bank teller or a waitress? Some lead glamorous lives, most don't. Respect? That depends, too, on the woman and the man. Just as there are some real creeps in that crowd, there are some real bitches, too.

5. Men like variety in women so porn use helps a man stay faithful to his woman. --- Porn has little or nothing to do with relationships. Porn is a device used by some people to amuse themselves or satisfy themselves or relieve themselves with an orgasm, arguably one of the most pleasant experiences known to humanity. The impact that porn has on a person's fealty to his or her lover is usually nil.

6. Women who get involved in the porn industry choose to do so, and they have valuable careers. --- Most, obviously, choose to do so, as do the men. Rarely does a woman make a porno with someone holding a gun to her head. Some do have successful careers, like Christie Canyon or Nina Hartley. The same is true for the men, like Peter North. It comes with a price, of course, but the stigma of being in a porno has lessened greatly over the years.

7. Porn is an outlet or safety valve for men who would otherwise do Bad Things. --- Probably false on the whole. Again, the relationship between porn and human interactivity is almost nonexistant. Rapists don't need porn, they need rape. Pederasts don't need porn, they need little boys. People who need porn usually have some kind of hightened or unique sexual urge that is not being satisfied and porn is the only course to achieving that satisfaction.

8. Women who work in porn are empowered and sexually liberated. --- As opposed to women who don't work in porn who are empowered and sexually liberated? Porn is a job. Few jobs are empowering or sexually liberating.

9. Porn is just a fantasy and people do not apply it to real life. --- Overall, that's true. People who like and use porn are usually more imaginative than those who don't. The kind of people who have to apply things to "real life" are usually not users of porn. I would say that most people who use porn get to a point where they have to fetishize some aspect of it to keep from being bored. It's an outlet, a distraction, and ultimately very private in nature.

I didn't know Nina Simone did this song originally. Here's the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Let_Me_Be_Misunderstood

This nice cover of Nina Simone's original was covered very well by Santa Esmeralda in the 1970s.

Speaking of Fletch, to where has he gone? Another great Sifter found MIA.

Rather annoying that the video just repeats again and again. Noticed some THO action about the fourth time in, but that doesn't quite make up for it.

Only saving grace is I got to hear Nina Simone's classic voice. Very nice.

i was looking for this a while back, but I couldn't find a good version.

Good job on tracking this down

You should probably note that this is song was first made popular by The Animals; A cover of the original Nina Simone song.

Until China overtakes America as the worlds worst polluter, both overall and per capita, the rest of the world is still waiting on America to be the one to initiate real action. When will America lead the way in environmental issues? Ask yourself which countries lead the way now in renewable energy, more efficient motoring, strong environmental political policies, real debate in the media etc. 30 years ago you could have answered America, but not any more. Now the world leaders are Japan, Germany and other European nations.

America is by far the scariest and most dangerous country in the world right now - responsible for the most dangerous wars and the most dangerous pollution. America has shipped their worst polluting industry overseas to China and India, and tried to shift the blame at the same time, but the market remains at home. Why is the American public, including the usual vocal internet community, so quiet about environmental issues?

As for recent cooling, lets just say that any article that talks about cooling in the past few years but fails to mention La Nina or El Nino should be taken with a very large grain of salt.

Here are another few interesting that appeared in the Australian.

This one concludes the article posted above:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23632059-11949,00.html

This article is typical of the nonsense that sways so much of the public:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-7583,00.html

This article calls the previous one's bluff:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23612876-11949,00.html

I've wondered if this happened much. I once wrote a user to say I had replaced their dead link with a slightly different video (it was a nina simone video that had the same sound, but different visuals), and he wrote back to say he liked it, but i was aware at the time that I didn't have to mention it to him, and I wondered how often things had been "fixed" the same way I got my cat fixed.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Die Hard Ashley Dupre Nina Venetta youmans Kristen Silda sex' to 'Ashley Dupre, Nina Venetta, youmans, Kristen Silda' - edited by MarineGunrock

Hey there Issy, how's it goin. Anyway, I really did have a gay boss who I greeted with "hola nina" and he never cared. Can't make it up.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I believe he was being sarcastic in his apology. It's evident when he says things like "I find it a bit queer" and "my straight to-the-point comment" when giving his apology. I also don't believe he ever had a gay boss he called "nina", either. He's pulling all of our legs, hence the parody tag.

Yep. CaptainPlanet is a sad sack of homophobic sh--.
edit: ... if it was a fake apology. I do hope that it was sincere.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I believe he was being sarcastic in his apology. It's evident when he says things like "I find it a bit queer" and "my straight to-the-point comment" when giving his apology. I also don't believe he ever had a gay boss he called "nina", either. He's pulling all of our legs, hence the parody tag.

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Why would you post this Sift Talk in Parody Talk, anyway? I would like to know, seriously. I don't happen to find it a bit funny.

The comment you made in the offending thread seemed nothing but ugly and hateful to me. Why not call your gay boss an illegitimate queer loser? I'm sure that would go over really well. I don't think that boss-if he could see the schmucky comment you made- would look very kindly on it, really. Think about it.

Edit: That said, I also should add that I appreciate your effort at an apology.

I believe he was being sarcastic in his apology. It's evident when he says things like "I find it a bit queer" and "my straight to-the-point comment" when giving his apology. I also don't believe he ever had a gay boss he called "nina", either. He's pulling all of our legs, hence the parody tag.

I love Nina Hagen's stuff, I stll have some album of hers on vinyl somewheres.

awww man, Nina ain't terrible, she's produced some way danceable tunes, great live, and she's a frikkin' Amazonian Deutschland Babe!!!.....well, she's definitely past her prime......NOT!!

Jawohl, die Nina!
*theatre

I fixed your nina simone video, but it wasn't the same video i put up. Please, undo it if you don't like it. It's a very nice animated thing, in my opinion, and you get to hear nina's amazing voice. I wasn't trying to cause trouble...