LETTER: Most obsessions are harmful

To the editor:

I was very pleased recently with the anti-pornography initiative on campus called Fight the New Drug. While it is common for people to think of drugs and alcohol as addictive, by some reactions seen by writers to this paper it would appear that many people fail to see the same in sex. This has had devastating effects in our culture and has had the same effect in many nations before us, turning mankind into nothing more than a senseless animal, without any moral compass whatsoever.  

Don’t get me wrong, I am not condemning sexual activity as something evil or disgusting. God created all people with the ability to have sex for the reproduction of our race and for the strengthening of love and affection within marriage. Let’s face it, it is enjoyable and good. However, in recent years it has become increasingly common in our society to not only accept sexuality outside of marriage, but to embrace it as a good thing.

“What is wrong with it?” many say. I recently read an interesting letter to the editor declaring that people frightened of sexual debauchery such as pornography might as well hide from the sun, for both are natural, and it is just as stupid to hide from one as it is to hide from the other.

However, it is interesting to note that although the sun is good, if we aren’t smart about how we use it, then we could get frequently sunburned, causing gene mutations that result in cancer, which often results in death. The same must be said about sex. It is good, but if we aren’t smart about how we use it, it could mutate into a poisonous addiction and become a cancer in our lives, ultimately destroying us emotionally and spiritually.

If it doesn’t destroy you completely, then you will remain with the scars of its effects for the rest of your life. There are those that say it is not harmful and that it helps people to be even more civil and less sex obsessed. That is a lie, and I would hope that those repeating it would quickly turn from the foolishness of such a destructive idea. If you have doubts, just talk to God, scientists, historians and law enforcement, and many of them will tell you of the effects of this plague on society. Once again, bravo to the acts of this group.

Tyler Thomas