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Ace-Ace · 05-09-2003, 04:01 PM

http://www.lp.org/

I don't consider myself a party member of any sort. I agree with some democratic views while mostly siding with republican views. Both have some points that I disagree with, but also have points I agree with.

Aside from those two, the Libertarian party is by far the party that makes the most sense. I forsee this as being the way of the future for the United States.

Comments?

DTK · 05-09-2003, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by Ace-Ace
http://www.lp.org/

Aside from those two, the Libertarian party is by far the party that makes the most sense.

Fact.

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I forsee this as being the way of the future for the United States.

Keep dreaming

VirtuMike · 05-09-2003, 04:46 PM

Actually I'm planning to put LP.org links on ALL my sites. I think if the industry gets behind the party we can truly create an awareness that may translate into future votes and may indeed help us as an industry in the long run (and in the immediate future)...

It doesn't really cost anything to put LP links in the site if you pop 'em in a new window. Just throw up a splash page like "What do Drew Carey, Howard Stern, and Jesse Ventura have in common?" or something...

Ace-Ace · 05-09-2003, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by VirtuMike
Actually I'm planning to put LP.org links on ALL my sites. I think if the industry gets behind the party we can truly create an awareness that may translate into future votes and may indeed help us as an industry in the long run (and in the immediate future)...

It doesn't really cost anything to put LP links in the site if you pop 'em in a new window. Just throw up a splash page like "What do Drew Carey, Howard Stern, and Jesse Ventura have in common?" or something...

Not a bad idea. If you got a good number of people behind this party, it could have a good say-so in the US. If the big names in the adult industry could push this a little, it'd be cool to see LP votes in the primaries go up by 1% or something, just because of the adult webmasters. I'm all for making a push for it.

eRock · 05-09-2003, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by DTK

Keep dreaming

I agree 100%...

Ace-Ace · 05-10-2003, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by eRock

I agree 100%...

Well...I'm not saying it's going to happen, I'm saying that it is THE FUTURE (the best future). If we had three routes: democrats, republicans, and libertarians...it'd be the best route by far.

If there was 100% ananomity in this, it'd be fantastic. In a real world, this isn't happening...especially with all the hard-lined democrats and conservatives in the US (aka the people that run the country).

VirtuMike · 05-10-2003, 03:15 AM

I'm also wondering how good it would be when they show up at your door to have all your sites carrying political messages...

I think that may be THE best defense that money could buy... Political speech is probably THE single most protected speech one can have.

arg · 05-10-2003, 11:01 AM

Literal political speech, like your standing on the sidewalk saying Bush sucks, is protected. (Although using the word "sucks" in the presence of women and children would probably be a misdemeanor in some parts of the country).

However, political speech as in advertising is "protected" more in its content, not in its delivery, which is increasingly regulated. There are soft money caps on all sorts of political advertising, and if the feds want to bust a porn site that happens to have politicall links, it would probably be easier to nail you for contravention of campaign financing laws than it would be to nail you for obscenity. You may think of it as free to add the links to your sites, but if you could have made money with affiliate links, then the "free" political links can be viewed as being worth whatever you could have made with paid links. I remember during the last political election, some guy did an anti-Bush site, and the feds cracked down because he was alleged to have spent something like more than $300 on his annual hosting bill without reporting it to some federal agency...and the problem was compounded because the more publicity the case got, the higher his bandwidth bills got. Not sure how the case turned out, but it does demonstrate both the potential and the will of the existing power structure to stamp out the use of the Internet to challenge small-time individual political efforts.

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VirtuMike Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Seat 1A Posts: 2,483	Actually I'm planning to put LP.org links on ALL my sites. I think if the industry gets behind the party we can truly create an awareness that may translate into future votes and may indeed help us as an industry in the long run (and in the immediate future)... It doesn't really cost anything to put LP links in the site if you pop 'em in a new window. Just throw up a splash page like "What do Drew Carey, Howard Stern, and Jesse Ventura have in common?" or something... __________________ Host it in AMSTERDAM at EUROTIVITY! - We also offer BACKUP SERVICES! XYZZY4L

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VirtuMike Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Seat 1A Posts: 2,483	I'm also wondering how good it would be when they show up at your door to have all your sites carrying political messages... I think that may be THE best defense that money could buy... Political speech is probably THE single most protected speech one can have. __________________ Host it in AMSTERDAM at EUROTIVITY! - We also offer BACKUP SERVICES! XYZZY4L

05-10-2003, 11:01 AM	#8
arg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,164	Literal political speech, like your standing on the sidewalk saying Bush sucks, is protected. (Although using the word "sucks" in the presence of women and children would probably be a misdemeanor in some parts of the country). However, political speech as in advertising is "protected" more in its content, not in its delivery, which is increasingly regulated. There are soft money caps on all sorts of political advertising, and if the feds want to bust a porn site that happens to have politicall links, it would probably be easier to nail you for contravention of campaign financing laws than it would be to nail you for obscenity. You may think of it as free to add the links to your sites, but if you could have made money with affiliate links, then the "free" political links can be viewed as being worth whatever you could have made with paid links. I remember during the last political election, some guy did an anti-Bush site, and the feds cracked down because he was alleged to have spent something like more than $300 on his annual hosting bill without reporting it to some federal agency...and the problem was compounded because the more publicity the case got, the higher his bandwidth bills got. Not sure how the case turned out, but it does demonstrate both the potential and the will of the existing power structure to stamp out the use of the Internet to challenge small-time individual political efforts.