Obscenity Laws, Senate looking to reaffirm them - GoFuckYourself.com

Theo · 12-02-2003, 07:10 PM

i grabbed it from another board. Interesting:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A battle cry against porn was answered by the United States Senate recently in the form of a resolution to step-up enforcement of national obscenity laws.
The resolution comes on the heels of mounting criticism from anti-porn advocates and family groups that claim the Bush Administration has been too lax in its fight against the amount of porn circulating through the Internet and the mainstream media.

Much of the criticism has been directed at Attorney General John Ashhahahahaha who entered his term on a pledge to take an aggressive stand against porn by using federal obscenity laws as a weapon against the multi-billion dollar porn industry.

But so far Ashhahahahaha has targeted only small porn distributors of "radical" content and anti-porn advocates say he has done little to stem the tidal wave of the Internet pornography industry.

The obscenity resolution was introduced in the senate by Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith as a call to action for the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. attorneys to be more vigilant in prosecuting pornography violators.

The senate's obscenity enforcement resolution was passed last week, reportedly by unanimous vote, and signals the government's interest in reinforcing obscenity laws, which many critics feel were put out to pasture during the Clinton administration.

Hopes have been high during the Bush Administration, especially with the appointment of Ashhahahahaha, that the crackdown against porn would be invigorated.

But Ashhahahahaha's enforcement of obscenity laws has been a complex and expensive battle, with the underlying fact that the distribution of pornographic content over the Internet is fundamentally protected by the First Amendment, assuming that it does not fall under federally established terms for what is "obscene or illegal."

The 1973 landmark case of Miller v. California set forth the terms of what "obscenity" means and is broadly interpreted as something that the average person would find appeals to the prurient interest; whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Concerned Women for America (CWA), a public policy group that supports the resolution, claims that U.S. attorneys across the country have ignored more than 22,000 complaints of obscenity since June of this past year. The majority of those complaints originated from the Internet and CWA has been a vocal naysayer of Ashhahahahaha's enforcement record to date.

This past year, Ashhahahahaha has only feathered his cap with a few high profile cases, including the indictment of Extreme Associates, and a former Dallas police officer and his wife who were convicted for the distribution of hard core videos over the Internet.

According to reports, only 20 convictions have been secured by the Federal Government since 2001, and while dozens are still pending, the process of convicting pornographers has proven to be a far more daunting task than expected.

In the meantime, resolution or not, Ashhahahahaha and his team of prosecutors face an uphill battle.

Recent statistics from N2H2 state that there are more than 260 million porn web pages currently online, and that number is growing by the day. N2H2 tracked 14 million web pages in 1998, and recent growth suggests and 1800 percent growth spurt over the past five years.

that's the good part

"According to reports, only 20 convictions have been secured by the Federal Government since 2001, and while dozens are still pending, the process of convicting pornographers has proven to be a far more daunting task than expected. "

Greg B · 12-02-2003, 07:14 PM

Uh yeah...

Terrorists running rampant, toxins and genetically modified foods killing us, subversive groups manipulating politics and undermining our entire livelihoods, Roy Disney leaves Disney, Bin Laden's still loose and any ten thousand immediate terrors to our lives and all these people can do is focus on pictures of peope doin' the nasty.

Best tool to divert the public from the above is to focus on sex and sex scandals.

Notice how there ain't no war on prostitution in Wash D.C. or elsewhere? Would make being a government stooge not fun anymore.

Theo · 12-02-2003, 07:17 PM

forgot to tell to the bitches at Concerned Women for America (CWA)

DBW · 12-02-2003, 07:18 PM

its so goofy to go after porn
you would have to go after Directv,Hilton Hotels,and a host of other mainstream companies,
these anti-porn zealots better wake up and smell the coffee.
porn is 8 billion dolalrs industry,
who in the hell they think is buying all this porn?
2 perves in an alley?
or millions of middle class americans?

Theo · 12-02-2003, 07:22 PM

they target mostly internet porn

Lane · 12-02-2003, 07:22 PM

did u stop using icq?

BRISK · 12-02-2003, 07:23 PM

Proving something to be obscene gets harder and harder to do every day.

Asskroft must have shit himself when he heard about Britney Spears tongue kissing Madonna on TV

Theo · 12-02-2003, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
did u stop using icq?

tec.problems as always. My msn# soulrebelisalive

Mr.Fiction · 12-02-2003, 07:34 PM

Anti-American Republicans.

Too bad there aren't more in both parties who are willing to stand up for the constitution.

tony286 · 12-02-2003, 07:36 PM

How can they really go after pay porn for obscenity when in anytown in america, you can log into a free yahoo group and see some of the most graphic shit possible and anybody can log in. Community standards are changing especially when the community lets in Yahoo and HBO.

Kingfish · 12-02-2003, 09:12 PM

I think that is the whole conundrum for them. If the government wants to argue that local community standards applies to what you can find on the Internet, then the opposite has to be true as well. In other words if hardcore porn is regularly accessed and viewed via the Internet in the community then a local stip club owner would be within the community standards if he offered live performances of the same.

- AFN - · 12-02-2003, 09:13 PM

They can "reaffirm" all they want, but if the US Supreme Ct won't go along, then the "reaffirmed" law goes straight to the trash can.

12-02-2003, 07:10 PM	#1
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	Obscenity Laws, Senate looking to reaffirm them i grabbed it from another board. Interesting: WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A battle cry against porn was answered by the United States Senate recently in the form of a resolution to step-up enforcement of national obscenity laws. The resolution comes on the heels of mounting criticism from anti-porn advocates and family groups that claim the Bush Administration has been too lax in its fight against the amount of porn circulating through the Internet and the mainstream media. Much of the criticism has been directed at Attorney General John Ashhahahahaha who entered his term on a pledge to take an aggressive stand against porn by using federal obscenity laws as a weapon against the multi-billion dollar porn industry. But so far Ashhahahahaha has targeted only small porn distributors of "radical" content and anti-porn advocates say he has done little to stem the tidal wave of the Internet pornography industry. The obscenity resolution was introduced in the senate by Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith as a call to action for the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. attorneys to be more vigilant in prosecuting pornography violators. The senate's obscenity enforcement resolution was passed last week, reportedly by unanimous vote, and signals the government's interest in reinforcing obscenity laws, which many critics feel were put out to pasture during the Clinton administration. Hopes have been high during the Bush Administration, especially with the appointment of Ashhahahahaha, that the crackdown against porn would be invigorated. But Ashhahahahaha's enforcement of obscenity laws has been a complex and expensive battle, with the underlying fact that the distribution of pornographic content over the Internet is fundamentally protected by the First Amendment, assuming that it does not fall under federally established terms for what is "obscene or illegal." The 1973 landmark case of Miller v. California set forth the terms of what "obscenity" means and is broadly interpreted as something that the average person would find appeals to the prurient interest; whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Concerned Women for America (CWA), a public policy group that supports the resolution, claims that U.S. attorneys across the country have ignored more than 22,000 complaints of obscenity since June of this past year. The majority of those complaints originated from the Internet and CWA has been a vocal naysayer of Ashhahahahaha's enforcement record to date. This past year, Ashhahahahaha has only feathered his cap with a few high profile cases, including the indictment of Extreme Associates, and a former Dallas police officer and his wife who were convicted for the distribution of hard core videos over the Internet. According to reports, only 20 convictions have been secured by the Federal Government since 2001, and while dozens are still pending, the process of convicting pornographers has proven to be a far more daunting task than expected. In the meantime, resolution or not, Ashhahahahaha and his team of prosecutors face an uphill battle. Recent statistics from N2H2 state that there are more than 260 million porn web pages currently online, and that number is growing by the day. N2H2 tracked 14 million web pages in 1998, and recent growth suggests and 1800 percent growth spurt over the past five years. that's the good part "According to reports, only 20 convictions have been secured by the Federal Government since 2001, and while dozens are still pending, the process of convicting pornographers has proven to be a far more daunting task than expected. "

12-02-2003, 07:22 PM	#6
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	did u stop using icq? __________________

12-02-2003, 07:23 PM	#7
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Proving something to be obscene gets harder and harder to do every day. Asskroft must have shit himself when he heard about Britney Spears tongue kissing Madonna on TV __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

12-02-2003, 09:13 PM	#12
- AFN - Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NYC Baaaabeee Posts: 3,101	They can "reaffirm" all they want, but if the US Supreme Ct won't go along, then the "reaffirmed" law goes straight to the trash can. __________________ cat cash* \| tr -d '\r' \| tr -s '/n' > money

12-02-2003, 07:14 PM	#2
Greg B So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: EARTH (for the time being) Posts: 7,014	Uh yeah... Terrorists running rampant, toxins and genetically modified foods killing us, subversive groups manipulating politics and undermining our entire livelihoods, Roy Disney leaves Disney, Bin Laden's still loose and any ten thousand immediate terrors to our lives and all these people can do is focus on pictures of peope doin' the nasty. Best tool to divert the public from the above is to focus on sex and sex scandals. Notice how there ain't no war on prostitution in Wash D.C. or elsewhere? Would make being a government stooge not fun anymore.

12-02-2003, 07:17 PM	#3
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	forgot to tell to the bitches at Concerned Women for America (CWA)

12-02-2003, 07:18 PM	#4
DBW Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 138	its so goofy to go after porn you would have to go after Directv,Hilton Hotels,and a host of other mainstream companies, these anti-porn zealots better wake up and smell the coffee. porn is 8 billion dolalrs industry, who in the hell they think is buying all this porn? 2 perves in an alley? or millions of middle class americans?

12-02-2003, 07:34 PM	#9
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Anti-American Republicans. Too bad there aren't more in both parties who are willing to stand up for the constitution.

12-02-2003, 07:36 PM	#10
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	How can they really go after pay porn for obscenity when in anytown in america, you can log into a free yahoo group and see some of the most graphic shit possible and anybody can log in. Community standards are changing especially when the community lets in Yahoo and HBO.

12-02-2003, 09:12 PM	#11
Kingfish Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 668	I think that is the whole conundrum for them. If the government wants to argue that local community standards applies to what you can find on the Internet, then the opposite has to be true as well. In other words if hardcore porn is regularly accessed and viewed via the Internet in the community then a local stip club owner would be within the community standards if he offered live performances of the same.