This post can also be found on nopornnorthampton.org I propose that nopornnorthhampton.com is an important site for educating people about censorship. It is essential for educational websites such as the above mentioned to exist in order for well adjusted, open minded individuals to have an opportunity to examine the myopic minded pro-censorship movement in contemporary
America. This site reminds the reader that even in the new millennium some people, sadly enough, are still afraid of their own sexuality. NPN’s fear of ones sense of self-sexuality has manifested into absurd quest to frighten the weak of mind into suppressing otherwise healthy thoughts about sexual activity; whether it is public or private. I have ranted before on the fact that someone out there is supporting the multi-billion dollar porn industry; it can be a healthy outlet for sexual frustration or an entertaining evening for the individual, couples or groups. NPN fears unbridled thought without regard to the fact that pornography and loving, caring relationships have the ability to co-exist. Providing testimonials and cautions from aging porn stars hardly supports the argument that women and men involved in making pornographic videos are submissive and oppressed. Many Americans feel the same way about the non-porn related jobs that they slave away at tirelessly without the hope for a better employment opportunity. I find NPN’s explicit material warning heart warming and thank them for their outstanding efforts to protect me from my own thoughts and views on pornography. With that said, I am happy to live in a country where a site such as NPN can be accessed on the web if I choose to expose myself to their censorship agenda.  It is unfortunate that NPN does not reciprocate the same respect for those who wish to avail themselves of other ideas. In closing, the one element of the site that I found particularly apropos can be examine by following the provided link or simply by reading a small part of Justice Stevens opinion in Young v. American Mini Theaters, Inc. (1976).  http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0427_0050_ZS.html 

Justice Stevens, Opinion of the Court…A remark attributed to Voltaire characterizes our zealous adherence to the principle that the government may not tell the citizen what he may or may not say. Referring to a suggestion that the violent overthrow of tyranny might be legitimate, he said: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” [n19] The essence of that comment has been repeated time after time in our decisions invalidating attempts by the government to impose selective controls upon the dissemination of ideas.

Rick Bonadonna