I just listened to some slavering moron named Patrick from the 'FRC' on some radio station.
You are, I trust, familiar with George Soros? Patrick would do well to compare notes, because his way of demonizing porn is very similar to Georgyworgy. I nearly yelled back at the radio.
In this post 'pornographers' refers to operators of adult websites.
Basically he believes the following:
That pornographers target YOUR children.
That pornographers want to expose children to porn.
That child pornography is intertwined with the adult film industry.
That pornographers were the first people to make money on the internet by 'cutting costs'.
That pornographers will not all move to the .xxx domain because they want to stay on .com so kids can find it.
That the .xxx domain will make it easier for kids to find porn.
That you should report and take action against websites which may popup from your internet surfing if your child sees them.
That federal obscenity laws should be enforced against all pornographers to drive them out of business.
That community standards should be used against online porn.
That Ashcroft was soft on porn and didn't enforce laws against it.
That asset seizure is a valuable tool against pornographic websites and should be used.
That the new attorney general is going to do something about this.
....I have never ever wanted to shred someone into verbally dysfunctional pieces in a debate ever so much before. The sheer bass ackwards mindless porn hate, the absolute insanity of what they want to do and what it will lead to..
At least he didn't say that porn creates child molestors.
Now, the part you've all been waiting for: my witty commentary.
pornographers target YOUR children.
No we don't. And yes, I said we. I operate a mildly pornographic website with which I hope to put myself through college. It's more of an adult meeting place, but still. I'm going to be a victim if this lunatic with a power complex gets any of his wishes. Some of my best clients (general IT and webdev consulting) are adult websites. The adult industry does not want children in it's websites. CHILDREN DO NOT SIGN UP FOR MEMBERSHIPS. Children do NOT HAVE MONEY, and don't try to use kids with credit cards as a red herring because by god, the 3% or so of kids that do have them wouldn't be worth targetting them all.pornographers want to expose children to porn.
No we don't.That child pornography is intertwined with the adult film industry.
BULLPUCKY. Child porn tends to be isolated communities of sick people sharing pictures online. There isn't much of an online child porn industry left, thanks to the fact that all it takes is three or four guys to get together and start making people's lives miserable. The attacks on Al-Jazeera that I participated in when they showed footage of our soldiers being dragged in the streets had almost no formal planning at all, and it's easy to plan things. Basically, one seamy side of the net really likes making the other seamy side bend over and say daddy. The child porn 'industry' is comprised of people who would do anything illegal that makes a buck, not legit porn makers, and it's mostly offline in dark little rooms in vegas now.pornographers were the first people to make money on the internet by 'cutting costs'.
Not by cutting costs. By innovating and developing new things. You can thank porn sites for most of the advances on the internet. Including new image standards, streaming audio and video, and more. Without the money and innovation from porn, we'd still be at the level of 1997 era internet. Like it or not, but hackers built the internet, and porn sites made it take off, bolstering it with cash and development.pornographers will not all move to the .xxx domain because they want to stay on .com so kids can find it.
Who says the point of the .xxx domain is to shuffle all the porn sites to it, like indiands to a reservation? It's a new block of webspace that will see fierce competition for real estate. It'll also be incredibly easy to filter out.the .xxx domain will make it easier for kids to find porn.
No it won't. Kids will always be able to find it if they want it- much like alchohol and weed. Parents should be parents and not expect everyone else to do their job for them.you should report and take action against websites which may popup from your internet surfing if your child sees them.
That is just incredibly naive and stupid. Install a freaking internet filter.federal obscenity laws should be enforced against all pornographers to drive them out of business.
This would set a dangerous precedent which I will touch on later. And what do you think will happen if we drive porn sites out of business?community standards should be used against online porn.
Bad bad precedent to keep following. Besides, it's the INTERNET. Just because it's available to be viewed anywhere doesn't mean you should enforce the laws of the areas it can be viewed in against the creators. In that case I would expect that you could execute me since my subversive web content is viewable in Islamic nations.Ashcroft was soft on porn and didn't enforce laws against it.
Ashcroft, who gave us the odious patriot acts and spent incredible amounts of taxpayer money to cover up statues he found obscene, was soft on porn? I think he was just barely wise enough to know he didn't want to commit political suicide after the patriot acts.asset seizure is a valuable tool against pornographic websites and should be used.
You must be joking. Encouraging asset seizure?!the new attorney general is going to do something about this.
If he does, it's going to have severe repercussions down the road. Let me explain.
The dangerous precedent I referred to is thus. Should we start enforcing laws- laws which should be enforced with intelligence and not as part of a moral crusade- against pornographic websites, then the stage is set for anyone who makes political speech online to be taken down for violations of the absolutely repulsive mcain-feingold 'reform' act.
I should not have to explain why that is not a good thing.And if that precedent is set, we are all screwed. It will become used as a tool of choice for intimidation and attack by both sides. I might drop the F-bomb a few times on one of the articles on my personal website and find myself in court in the town of Bumblefark, West Virginia, population 112, because I ticked off some jackals on a leftist site. Or maybe I criticized Hillary Clinton on it a few weeks before election time. I could then face loss of my house, car, and financial assets in either situation. Wow, nice. Ooh, your website criticizes the government? Or criticizes the FRC? Maybe it's a page of guns. Hm, that could promote violence- better take your house.
Our country is drifting toward a total loss of freedoms with the propellers idling.
This Patrick wants to redline those props and send us there at Mach 2.
Further, what will happen when we drive porn sites out of the US? Precisely nothing constructive- they'll still exist, just based out of Canada and the Netherlands and other countries. Now what are you going to do- filter the routers of the United States to keep porn out? Well, maybe you would have had a snowball's chance in hell of getting that done except most of the US based datacenters and webhosts will be facing a crashing market due to the loss of their biggest and best customers. Good job, we might face a full on recession. The porn sites won't mind a whole lot- aside from the inconveniances of relocating to another country, they'll continue on as usual- spending their money somewhere other than here.
I can't type anymore. I'm getting too mad.
