"It may be that more 
permissive societies have less need for porn, and certainly 
they don't need to turn blue movies into icons of 
revolution or peace ... If the restrictions on ordinary 
social, romantic and sexual relations that [less permissive] 
societies impose were to wither away, the need for pornography 
would very likely diminish, too." <br>
...<br>
"If Western pornography is a symptom of Western 
decadence, then Eastern pornography is a side-effect of 
Eastern repressions. Pornography is almost always an effect, 
or a dramatic symptom of some non-pornographic social 
malaise. It is almost never a cause."<br>
The East is Blue -- <em>Salman Rushdie</em>