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Pornography Addiction and its Corrosive Influences

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Pornography and Virtual Infidelity

By Paul Coughlin

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/virtual-infidelity-and-marriage

The Stages of Pornography Addiction

By Gene McConnell and Keith Campbell

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/stages-of-porn-addiction

Five Stages of Addiction

  1. Early exposure.
  2. Addiction.
  3. Escalation.
  4. Desensitization.
  5. Acting out sexually.

Quote: “Other men aren’t so lucky. I realize now that with just a little push, I could have gone over the edge. I could have raped that woman and then killed her to cover my tracks. That’s how Ted Bundy got started. When the porn he was addicted to wasn’t enough anymore, he tried the real thing — rape, and then murder. When he succeeded, he did it again. And again. Pornography addiction is very serious”.

Pornography Lies

By Gene McConnell and Keith Campbell

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/pornography-lies

Corrosive Influence of Porn on Wives

By Paul Coughlin

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/corrosive-influence-of-porn-on-wives

Erosive Influence of Porn Upon Husbands

By Paul Coughlin

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/erosive-influence-of-porn-on-husbands

Traveling Toward Marital Intimacy

By Paul Coughlin

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/traveling-toward-marital-intimacy

Marital Fidelity in a MySpace World

By Bob Waliszewski

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/pornography-and-virtual-infidelity/marital-fidelity-in-a-myspace-world

Source: Focus on the Family – www.focusonthefamily.com

New Plymouth man Gary Timothy Fenwick sentenced for toilet filming

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Gary Timothy Fenwick, 45, was sentenced in the New Plymouth District Court after pleading guilty to secretly filming people in toilets.

A self-confessed porn addict and voyeur who secretly filmed people in toilets using hidden cameras has been revealed after losing a bid for permanent name suppression.

In the New Plymouth District Court Gary Timothy Fenwick pleaded guilty to two charges of making an intimate visual recording in July.

He has had interim name suppression since he first appeared in court.

The charges related to the 45-year-old setting up hidden cameras in the unisex toilets at two entertainment venues in New Plymouth……….

Judge Chris Sygrove said concerns raised by Fenwick about the impact on his wife if his name suppression was lifted and his identity made public did not meet the high threshold required.

“In my view the extreme hardship is not met,” Sygrove said.

He described the offending as “sick and depraved” and that it had involved a high level of planning.

Fenwick had also previously opposed a media application to record him in court.

Sygrove said there was no evidence that Fenwick had traded the images.

He had since been getting psychological help to address his issues.

Sygrove sentenced Fenwick to four months community detention, six months supervision and ordered him to do 100 hours of community work.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/71958996/new-plymouth-man-gary-timothy-fenwick-sentenced-for-toilet-filming

– Taranaki Daily News

Earlier stories:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/71264759/toilet-filmer-doesnt-want-to-be-filmed-in-court

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/70285875/Porn-addict-pleads-guilty-to-filming-in-public-toilets

Note:

One of the Objectives from s. 2 of its Constitution, is to focus is:

(d) To focus attention on the harmful nature and consequences of sexual promiscuity, obscenity, pornography, violence, fraud, dishonesty in business, exploitation, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and other forms of moral corruption, for the purpose of moral and spiritual improvement.

INTERIM RESTRICTION ORDER: Into the River by Ted Dawes

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Published in The Public Notices of The Dominion Post, Thursday 10 September 2015, B8

I hearby make this interim restriction order in respect of the publication Into the River.

I am satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

This order is made under section 49 of the Films, Videos, and Publication Classification Act 1993.

Family First has applied to review the current decision of the Classification Office in respect of the publication, It has made submissions in support of an additional application for an interim restriction order.

The order is in the public interest for the following reasons.

  1. The classification of Into The River under the Act is a matter of wide public concern, as evidenced by the volume of submissions to the Classification Office and published comments.
  2. The decision of the Classification Office would radically alter the decision of the Board of Review.
  3. It is particularly appropriate that the Board should have an opportunity to consider the publication a fresh without being inhibited in any way by any distribution occurring between now and the date of the Board’s decision.
  4. It is debatable, and a matter of independent public interest, whether the Chief Censor acted lawfully under section 42(3)(b) of the Act in deciding that “special circumstances” exist.
  5. It is highly arguable whether the Classification Office has reached the correct conclusion on the application for reconsideration before it.
  6. The correct classification of Into the River under the Act will operate as a semi-precedent, and will exert a significant influence upon other decisions portraying teenage sex and drug-taking.

Pursuant to section 50(2) I direct that Family First must advertise the making of this Order in a daily newspaper published in each of the following cities: Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It must serve notice of the making of this Order on all those persons who made submissions to the Classification Office in respect of the reconsideration of Into the River.

Dr D.L. Mathieson QC, President of the Film and Literature Board of Review.

3 September 2015

[Title of book Into the River highlighted in Italics and underlined]

Amazon removes Into the River ebook

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Online retailer Amazon have removed an electronic version of Ted Dawe’s Into the River after it was slapped with an interim ban earlier this week.

The ebook version of the novel was available for purchase in New Zealand for some time after the restriction was imposed.

Amazon did not respond to requests for comment.

The legality of selling the ebook in New Zealand is somewhat murky, as the current law was written in 1993, long before ebooks became prevalent.

"We are advising anyone considering importing the book to get legal advice," a Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) spokesman said, echoing advice on its website.

"We won’t ourselves be giving any blanket advice because each individual’s intent may be relevant."

Full story:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/71895538/amazon-removes-into-the-river-ebook

Into the River banned: Award-winning sex and drugs teen novel off the shelves

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New Zealand’s censorship review board has slapped an interim ban on a book for the first time since the current law was passed 22 years ago, potentially igniting a new wave of restrictions on sexually explicit books.

The president of the Film and Literature Board of Review, Dr Don Mathieson, QC, has issued the Interim Restriction Order banning the sale or distribution of Auckland author Ted Dawe’s award-winning novel for teenagers Into the River until the full board can consider whether the book should be restricted.

Family First director Bob McCoskrie, who requested the review, said the interim order – the first affecting a book under the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Act 1993 – showed people could still use the censorship system.

“Hopefully we have set a precedent and people start bringing other books to the fore that they are concerned about.”

See full story published 7/09/15:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/books/news/article.cfm?c_id=134&objectid=11508895

Also see earlier story:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11499271