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How can we have free will and experience hunger? All living things are coerced into doing things by hunger, hunger is painful and cannot be ignored. Even the most intelligent human will, when hungry, think only of acquiring food. Our actions are governed by hunger, thirst, tiredness, the need for se...

The age at which one can legally feature in a pornographic film or images, hardcore or softcore, is 18. This age was set by the 'Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography' in 2002. Despite this the age of consent for sex is usually lower than 18 in most nati...

I am defining public nudity as being naked in public i.e. the street, the park, the mall, picking the kids up from school etc. I do not include nudity used to cause distress (such as a flasher who opens his trench coat in front of a schoolgirl requesting she touch his penis) in this definition. Clot...

Sup nyugas, regular sex creates relationships Some people have sex for physical pleasure, one night stands etc. This does not result in a relationship, should it be illegal? It's very simple really, don't have relationships unless it is to reproduce So gay sex should be illegal? Oral and anal sex sh...

As a mortician I know this is a controversial issue, however I feel it needs to be discussed. After death we are legally allowed to leave our possessions to our loved ones, this includes property and money. We are also allowed to donate our organs for use by other humans, as well as for medical scie...

As an animal rights activist I don't know how to deal with this controversial issue. Most humans eat meat, meaning they can justify the murder of animals for food. They must also be able to justify the agricultural process: the masturbation of animals so their sperm can be collected for artificial i...