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...two words which describe porn, IMO: surprisingly boring.
In '68 it appeared the opposite would occur.
Yet to be perfectly cynical, and to play Angel's Advocate, perhaps Good is boring, Evil is excitement;
good is eating milk and cookies while watching Narnia.
As for the collective, Pete, I just don't know (don't know much what to do about anything, but anyone with two ears and two eyes can perceive what is going on). Do know that the greatest dangers to the individual are in the driveway and in the 'fridge: driving and what we eat are more dangerous to us as individuals than porn. So are smoking and drinking (alcohol is a carcinogen); etc.
Porn IMO is another non-issue; moral panic.
BTW, if conservatives really do believe-- which is doubtful-- in conserving, it ought to be pointed out to them getting the public upset about trivial issues is not a way to conserve.
If I had thought carefully and taken the answers literally I would have voted for the third option. I opted for the second because it corresponds more to the spirit of what I believe. It is not "just" moral panic (though of course moral panic is present), but if indeed it has "an unusually crippling effect on some people" (and there seems to be evidence for this) the same can be said for a great many other things that we wouldn't think of banning.
What I tomorrow said: it's one of the prettier wedge issues, but a wedge issue nonetheless. Many find it disgusting and/or offensive (there is less of a difference between the two than most people like to think). Addiction is the latest "convenient argument" wielded by those who just hate it and would like it to go away. Are there more emotive subjects than sex, and health, and thus subjects for which it is more difficult to arrive at a logically coherent consensus?
It's a wedge-issue, pettier than abortion and the others-- about as silly as flag-burning. Now, if all porn disappeared would it make a difference either way? No; but you can say the same about bubble gum.