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2HousePlague · 07-24-2004, 10:11 PM

It's a tough call to make:

Is it a compromise of one's ideals to pursue the course of action MOST LIKELY to advance the cause -- even if not immediately?

Kerry over Bush, because that's the better of the available choices?

I say, yeah.

Though I'm uninspired by the man, the threats posed by a second Bush term are too great for us to quibble over Kerry's qualifications or his stance on pornography, or what actions he may or may not undertake on behalf of our industry.

The changes we have seen to our culture -- the organized propagation of fear, the erosion of our civil liberties -- have certainly been contributed to by the Bush administration. Who can deny that they have taken shameless advantage of 9/11 (and the ensuing national confusion) to direct our hatred toward's arbitrary enemies. The most frightening thing I see is the sudden re-awakening of our capacity to look at each other with suspicion. It feels like only yesterday we were laughing with self-embarrasmant at the "silly" things McCarthyism did to this country in the fifties. Yet, here we are -- AGAIN.

Yes, we must fight our fight in the political arena -- to preserve our livelihoods, stay out of jail and protect freedom of expression. But, we have to be smart about it. The country is in the clutches of a power that is equating pornographers with terrorists, just because we pose a "threat". It does not matter that our threat arrives through broadband connections and wrapped in plain-brown paper wrappers.

My decision to vote for John Kerry is cold and unemotional -- it is rational. I would like to be inspired by a presidential candidate again someday. But I accept that in politics, like in life, sometimes you have to push something out of the away before you can move in the right direction.

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07-24-2004, 10:11 PM
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	It's a tough call to make: Is it a compromise of one's ideals to pursue the course of action MOST LIKELY to advance the cause -- even if not immediately? Kerry over Bush, because that's the better of the available choices? I say, yeah. Though I'm uninspired by the man, the threats posed by a second Bush term are too great for us to quibble over Kerry's qualifications or his stance on pornography, or what actions he may or may not undertake on behalf of our industry. The changes we have seen to our culture -- the organized propagation of fear, the erosion of our civil liberties -- have certainly been contributed to by the Bush administration. Who can deny that they have taken shameless advantage of 9/11 (and the ensuing national confusion) to direct our hatred toward's arbitrary enemies. The most frightening thing I see is the sudden re-awakening of our capacity to look at each other with suspicion. It feels like only yesterday we were laughing with self-embarrasmant at the "silly" things McCarthyism did to this country in the fifties. Yet, here we are -- AGAIN. Yes, we must fight our fight in the political arena -- to preserve our livelihoods, stay out of jail and protect freedom of expression. But, we have to be smart about it. The country is in the clutches of a power that is equating pornographers with terrorists, just because we pose a "threat". It does not matter that our threat arrives through broadband connections and wrapped in plain-brown paper wrappers. My decision to vote for John Kerry is cold and unemotional -- it is rational. I would like to be inspired by a presidential candidate again someday. But I accept that in politics, like in life, sometimes you have to push something out of the away before you can move in the right direction. j- __________________ tada!