The War on...Porn?
From the Baltimore Sun:Department officials say they will send "ripples" through an industry that has proliferated on the Internet and grown into an estimated $10 billion-a-year colossus profiting Fortune 500 corporations such as Comcast, which offers hard-core movies on a pay-per-view channel.
The Justice Department recently hired Bruce Taylor, who was instrumental in a handful of convictions obtained over the past year and unsuccessfully represented the state in a 1981 case, Larry Flynt vs. Ohio
Matt's Chat
This is an outrage. The Justice Department must think there are no more terrorists or terrorist organizations to be focused on... What the %^&& are these guys thinking? For this one, I do actually blame John Ashcroft. I'm not sure this guy fully grasps what we are facing in the War on Terror.This issue comes down to choice. Americans have a choice to view porn or not to view porn. Apparently, Americans who choose it, like it. It is as stable a venture as "mainstream" entertainment from Hollywood. Not that the money factor has anything to do with it. Ultimately, for me, this is dumb because the porn doesn't force Americans to watch it at knifepoint, but rather the American chooses to of his/her own free will.
(Note: You see, this is how intellectual honesty works - when your team does something stupid, you call them on it.)
Mark's Remarks
I agree, this whole thing is rather ignorant....it reminds me of the people who tried to make Prohibition work....what did the 18th Amendment do? All it did was create an underground alcohol culture consuming unregulated amounts of liquor, even though there were far more serious drugs that were legal at the time and far more dangerous.....
Now is not the time for a Porn War....we have nore pressing matters, like defending our national security, and making the world safe for democracy....
This goes to a personal responsibility issue: if you don't want to see it, don't get it...If it pops up, get an ad blocker, or whatever.....
Now, should it be out in public view? No, I think not....but, if people are desperate enough to need it, then according to our Constitution, then they have the freedom to buy it and do whatever with it in their own homes....
