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I said the the UK was correct to restrict access because it is a public health concern and it protects actors. I provided proof of these items which you did not refute. You thought actors didn't get choked. You had no clue what was actually happening.
I talked about legal theory and how in cases of censorship it has to be narrow and focused (not too broad). Both US and UK law allow for this. Obscentity laws allow for the banning of things like child pornography, snuff films, and anything else that is dangerous and without artistic or educational value.
I talked about the slippery slope of censorship which you then pretended was the case here. That censoring an act which amounts to an assault is legal. Meanwhile you pretend repeatedly that if we allow any censorship it is the end of society ignoring we already censor a lot of things (UK even more so).
I provided multiple articles that proved that there is a strong correlation between watching this particular imagery and acting it out. People are easily influenced because they often view pornography as instructional. You didn't dispute this or provide any evidence to the contrary.
Reading about abusive porn culture and how people who practice strangulation have regular close calls is fucking chilling. "I didn't think she was going to wake up, that I had just killed her". Sounds real safe to me.
I spoke to kink culture and how strangulation violates their own codes causing lasting and permeant brain damage. There is no safe way to restrict airway access. The feeling of euphoria people get is caused by brain death which is no different than huffing.
I came here to talk, you came here to say the same thing over and over again without any proof. Your replies kept getting more and more ridiculous. You were all over the place accusing me of things I never said completely clueless to reality. You acted like a fucking clown.