Rick Santorum declares War on Porn

[VaYank5150]

Just another politician promising something he can't fulfill.
Having said that - if congress didn't have their thumbs in their asses as usual 20 years ago when the internet was still forming...there was a bill to organize the internet by the suffix. Whereas you have .gov as government, .edu for education etc. - there was a bill that would have .xxx or whatever for adult sites. This would have made it incredibly easier for people to block porn.

Ummmm, WHY should our Federal government be involved in trying to control content on the Internet?

Yeah, that reminds me of some shit in North Korea or some place.

So much for that whole Conservative mantra....

 

[High_Gravity]

That's true, but i still don't think it'd be that much different at least today with how easy it is to block that stuff. Maybe in the earlier years of the internet it would've made a big difference.

Its too late now and this is really a non issue, porn is blocked in pretty much every Muslim country and they still get their hands on it, when people want something bad enough they will find it.

Exactly. Banning porn just creates a huge market since it's such an easy product to create.

Imagine the kind of money a girl could make just taking a picture or video of herself and selling hard copies of it if porn were banned. You'd have to make half the population cops to have any chance of stopping it.

Edit: Even that wouldn't work, the cops would be in on it.

Yup, theres so much technology now anyone with a cell phone can make a porn movie, shit I could get together with a female and make some video clips and sell them if they were illegal, and you know organized crime would love it if porn were made illegal, they would take over that business same as they have with drugs and prostitution.

 

[Dr.Drock]

I'm anxiously awaiting one of the many board republican apologists coming on here and telling us all why this would be a great idea, I'm sure there's many out there.

 

[amrchaos]

Not my porn!!!


Now, how am I going to pop the question about sex without a suggestive tape.

Oh no, I ask her if she like porn first, then pop in my favorite Lesbian flick. Hey, it tends to work!

 

[High_Gravity]

Not my porn!!!


Now, how am I going to pop the question about sex without a suggestive tape.

Oh no, I ask her if she like porn first, then pop in my favorite Lesbian flick. Hey, it tends to work!

Thats the ticket.

 

[Decepticon]

Porn consumption is highest in red states.

FACT.

Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don't explicitly restrict gay marriage.
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

 

[High_Gravity]

I'm anxiously awaiting one of the many board republican apologists coming on here and telling us all why this would be a great idea, I'm sure there's many out there.

Oh there are I have seen them, they will be in here shortly after they close their other internet browsers with their porn on them, so they won't feel too hypocritical.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Just another politician promising something he can't fulfill.
Having said that - if congress didn't have their thumbs in their asses as usual 20 years ago when the internet was still forming...there was a bill to organize the internet by the suffix. Whereas you have .gov as government, .edu for education etc. - there was a bill that would have .xxx or whatever for adult sites. This would have made it incredibly easier for people to block porn.

Ummmm, WHY should our Federal government be involved in trying to control content on the Internet?

It isn't controlling it is organizing.
It isn't censoring either.
It is similar to the .edu, .gov, .org etc. It is nothing more than a way to organize content.
It makes sense. It is faaar too late now, but when everything was starting up it would have made the internet far easier to know what you are looking at.

 

[VaYank5150]

Just another politician promising something he can't fulfill.
Having said that - if congress didn't have their thumbs in their asses as usual 20 years ago when the internet was still forming...there was a bill to organize the internet by the suffix. Whereas you have .gov as government, .edu for education etc. - there was a bill that would have .xxx or whatever for adult sites. This would have made it incredibly easier for people to block porn.

Ummmm, WHY should our Federal government be involved in trying to control content on the Internet?

It isn't controlling it is organizing.
It isn't censoring either.
It is similar to the .edu, .gov, .org etc. It is nothing more than a way to organize content.
It makes sense. It is faaar too late now, but when everything was starting up it would have made the internet far easier to know what you are looking at.

Fair enough, why should our Federal government be involved in trying to organize content on the Internet? If they want special suffixes for .gov and .edu...that's fine, but why would they tell private industry how to label their products?

 

[Dr.Drock]

Porn consumption is highest in red states.

FACT.

Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don't explicitly restrict gay marriage.
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

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