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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
You can point out where I made that assertion?
And this simplistic implication was made...where?
And who said the laws are new and that Bush dreamed them up?
So far you're 3 of 3 for things I never said.
But rather than let you carry on mistakenly attempting to put words in my mouth...
What I AM saying - Bush is responsible for repeatedly appointing Attorney Generals with the common mandate of applying pressure to the collective adult entertainment industry...based on his own underlying religious beliefs and what he wrongly believes are the same beliefs shared by the majority. In fact, all he is doing is pandering to a minority of religious fundamentalists - the squeaky wheels who have enough spare time on their hands to effectively lobby their case to a sympathetic ear.
Not to mention it all makes a convenient political smokescreen for Shrub - what he hopes will be a diversion from the fact that public sentiment concerning the war on terrorism overseas is beginning to turn against him...coupled with the U.S. economy going straight down the shitter. He desperately needs a victory...somewhere...anywhere. And with the fundamentalists cheering him on from their lofty soapbox perspectives - `ole George declares war on law-abiding, taxpaying (and voting) pornographers. You see, George couldn't find Bin Laden. He can't install democracy in Iraq. He can't fix the economy (just like his daddy). Terrorists are still on the loose.
But Shrub is shrewd this time...he knows where to find his newly-minted porn arch-enemies and in what direction to dispatch his appointed henchmen. Its all right there in 2257.
And while Mr. Bush is busy rallying the porn stormtroopers in the hopes of satisfying the stiff-necked bible-thumpers...those of us north of the border are also busy devising our own battle plans - part of which involves securing alternative non-U.S. webhosting, and thus taking revenues out of the hands of our American webhosting cousins.
Attaboy, George. Yipey-aye-eh...go get`em cowboy!
SilentKnight
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dude... again.. "bush is responsible for..." ok... whatever. as i have said, this is democracy at work. Its not like the guy is illegally creating secret kill squads who sneak around in the night and slit the throats of pornographers. they are working within the law, creating new laws and prosecutors are enforcing existing laws. thats how the system is supposed to work.
if people dont like it... they can change it. my point is that obviously not too many people seem to want to change it. and ... thats how a democracy works.
i understand what you are saying... and as i keep saying, you are describing the political process at work. it seems to be working. if a fucking nutcase has a whacked agenda that no one agrees with.. the its up to people to get upset about it and voice their opinions, at which point they generally back down, laws are rescinded or repealed or modified and so on.
and i dont think he beleives his religious beliefs are those of the majority. i think he is doing what he believes is right. i dont agree with it and think he is an idiot... but that does not change the fact that this is a democracy at work, the laws were already on the books and therefore the threat of prosecution has ALWAYS been a real threat and this round of prosecutions is not the first under existing obscenity laws.
Bush is a dipshit, but its pretty shallow and shortsighted to blame all your frustration on him. If someone is trading free porn for pics of war dead or writing stories about a guy fingering a 6 month old.. i think its quite reasonable to expect to be called on it by a bunch of religious idiots in small christian shithole in a florida swamp... and Miller vs California gives them the right to decide what is ok and what isn't. Bush did not give them that power.