Soldiers say porn ban may hurt morale

let them have their porn!!

i get mad when i go too long w/o masturbation. imagine 120000 of me with guns and tanks.

look out Iran...

This is ridiculous. Why don't they worry about something more important? Like, say, BRINGING THEM ALL HOME SAFE?!?

<sarcasm>Oh, that's not important. Keeping them from seeing nudie mags is! </sarcasm>

If our country sends them off to die in some godforsaken sandtrap, we could at least let them beat off!

i cant believe this, they are fighting for or country so if they want to see a few boobies then let them. beside im sure most of them want playboy for the articles.

I like that the soldiers are falling back on the "Playboy has good stories!" argument. But seriously...what kind of idiot yahoo is trying to implement this kind of infuriating restriction on the military at the front? US Rep Paul Broun, R-Ga....oh! Who are you working for Mr. Broun? This is really choice idiocy.

This is indeed retarded. They are already hyper-stressed; anything that alleviates that stress is a positive thing. Morale doesn't grow on trees.

If our soldiers are fighting to protect democracy and freedom for others, shouldn't they have the same freedom they are fighting for?

That's one of the only things that provides comedic relief in war movies...When all the soldiers are showing of the porn they've got stashed somewhere. It's not fair to take it away from them now :/

Dude, let them have their porn dude. If they are man enough to fight for our country, let them be the men they wish to be and need to be. Do you want all of your soldiers to go gay? If you don't, let them have their porn. I can't go one day without seeing hot women, so I can only imagine how they must feel about this. Let them have their porn!!!!!

Chet, maybe that's the idea... they're not angry enough?

From what I hear there's already a bunch of Army whoring going around and there's certainly enough military rape cases. Porn has got to relieve some of that potential craziness just let 'em have it for f#cks sake! What's the big deal???

Fighting for democracy and freedom while denying them the same.
I wish Ron Paul was president. We wouldn't even be there and our soldiers wouldn't be subjected to wacking off,or being killed.
How can I even use wacking off and being killed in the same sentence?Very indicative of the folly of war.

They need them testy, irritable, pissed off and ready to rape and pillage at all times...if they are blowing their wad or doing yoga or something else relaxing they might actually realize 'this is stupid!!! I want out of here'

They already suffer PTSD in growing numbers, and spend years in total away from loved ones...I'm not sure adding porn to the mix si the best influence. These soldiers need more help, not more distractions.

I know divorce rates are way up too; I wonder how much the rates of spouse/girlfriend abuse contributes to that?

Yet another function of backwards American values. KILL KILL KILL, but don't think about sex!

I get so many soldiers emailing me asking me to send them printed out photos from my site because they can't access my site online from the military computers.. poor guys. Just let them get it out of their system!

Like losing the right to our privacy in cell phone conversations, the ban on pornography is probably somehow supported by the patriot act as well. Nothing like being hypocritical. Fighting for freedom, rights, and justice, while simultaneously taking them away from the American people.

This is probably the only way they can loose a little stress since they are on high alert all the time. Take away the government officials mistresses and see how the like not being able to get off some stress.

i think that this is a very touchy subject. first of all if it is a nessesary thing then whatever. but war sucks to begin with. if they were not there would they still masterbate? of course! so why change what they would do in the privacy of there own home. men are gonna do it reguardless and women need to when there man doesnt know what the fuck to do. so hell let it happen, being sexually frustrated and being affraid your gonna die at the same time would really suck bad!!!!!!!

let them have their porn, video games, and myspace.

BAD combination..soldiers with high levels of stress.

Just to let you know family's have been raising money for their sons in Iraq for body armor.

Yea More Porn so we can incourage them to rape more innocent women in Iraq! What we are doing there is sick and if half of our naive society knew - no they would still support a fucking war that takes all or our money and promotes murder, rape and destruction- O wait that is how our country was founded!!!

Are you serious - this is even a fucking topic!

ROONEWS:

Show me where porn causes rape to increase. Studies actually show the opposite is true, since porn seems to allow people to release their frustrations harmlessly.

first time some of them get to shoot something.

Elligirl I agree..I am a bit of a prude but I think it is true about the correlation..it is Clergy who are not allowed such things who are raping children..

You can't legislate morality. This is just ridiculous.

ROONEWS,

Not only is your comment ridiculous, but it is rather offensive to those people who have serve this country honorably. (we agree on excluding those who rape and pillage) I don't believe in this war nor do I like the actions of some of my brothers who are currently in uniform, but to imply that looking at naked women or men(not sure what your into) in a playboy mag is equal to encouraging more rape, is only somewhat less absurd than the second part of your comment. But thanks for the comment though.

PS...Don't waste that anger directing it at the soldiers, or the people who cant see the stupidity of this war. It will only make you look like an ass....Thanks again man.

Peace

They should be allowed their porn. I can't believe they're even arguing about this.

George Bush rocks! He is one man who is man enough not to sis out when it comes to terrorists.

the unyielding commitment that our troops overseas exert is inexplicably noble. Although i adamantly oppose the administration's motives and deathly procedures that leave countless innocent civilians dead, our troops have every constitutional right to possess pornography. Hell if iI was in their situation i would be flipping the pages of playboy and penthouse to alleviate stress as well.

Just another example, of the government, or selfish and over reaching politicians, stealing our freedoms, fricken thieves! That is treason, hang them! They may take our income, but they'll never take our porn! <<< Braveheart!

Oh the irony, the soldiers are fighting for "freedom", but it's begin taken from them, WELCOME TO AMERICA! =(

Porn, weed, guns, and Cuban cigars for everyone!

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows the sale of some sexually explicit material on military bases by lowering the threshold required to deem material "sexually explicit."

I GUARANTEE you that this guy is a freak! Ropes, chains, lube, and water boarding. It's always the nay sayers, who are hypocrites. The conservatives are brainwashed to lead a "clean/moral" life, but they are freaks on the side. Think of the last 10 Republican scandals: Man touching in airport bathrooms, doing crystal meth with a gay escort, exchanging computer messages with male pages - after passing anti-molesting like laws, and having affairs w/ men. Welcome to the Republican hypocritical party! Clowns!

When are people going to realize that sexual assault and rape has nothing to do with SEX? It is all about rage and violence.

we are fighting for freedom across the world but have restrictions on our own people. The world is ironic.

Seems like yet another example of the misguided actions of those in power.

damn thats Funked up, this paul broun must be stoopid
cant he understand that our troops without these tasteful magazines could start going insane, besides since the begging of all the wars America has been, the use of pin- up girls and other so called explicit material has always been seen as good for our troops.

Humans were meant to fuck. I think the men working their asses off should be allowed to look at their porn. It is much easier to JO with porn, than without.

I can't believe how far this overstated morality is going to take us...right off a cliff, if you ask me!

I didnt read most of these comments, but its obvious what sort of stupid shit happens when the far right conservative class runs this shit...