Ronald Reagan, one of those “old school” conservatives, appointed the President’s Commission on Pornography, which came to be known as the Meese Commission.
Video of former Attorney General Ed Meese on the subject:
http://www.fulldisclosure.net/flash/423_Meese_preview.htm
Using the control bar at bottom, fast forward to 3:18 of the interview.
Sorry for the timeline whiplash, which will obviously be a shock for some posting on this subject. This was back when being a “conservative” — at least as defined by the “old school” Reagan Adminstration — meant being against the distribution of pornography.
And whatever decisions an individual may make about purchasing porn, the issue of the original post is the propriety of white-collar porn peddlers in the hotel industry selling half a billion dollars a year of the stuff.
It’s the sale of obscene pornography that’s prosecutable under federal and some state laws, not the individual purchase.
Sorry for the timeline whiplash, which will obviously be a shock for some posting on this subject. This was back when being a “conservative” — at least as defined by the “old school” Reagan Adminstration — meant being against the distribution of pornography.
And whatever decisions an individual may make about purchasing porn, the issue of the original post is the propriety of white-collar porn peddlers in the hotel industry selling half a billion dollars a year of the stuff.
Yeah, that darn free market's really a bummer, isn't it?
So much more pleasant when we let the government make the choices for us.
Ah, great, a nanny-stater in our midsts. Blechhhhh.