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So, when “Tailgunner” calls his opponents in this debate “you faggots, junkies and pervert freaks” it’s fine, but when I point out the humor and irony of someone with the screenname “Tailgunner” being so obsessed with homosexual practice, it’s over the line? Is that about right?

I don't think Tailgunner is being serious. I was buying his schtick up until he started declaiming about an Army of proud, porn-eschewing, masculine heterosexuals defending the country from the Jihadists. The cognitive dissonance in that idea made my brain skip a track. I felt a similar wave of confusion when CitizenUSA accused you of coarsening the discussion. That's when I realized that it all had to be a big joke. Maybe everyone else has figured this out and I'm the last to realize it; if so, good going, guys.

On a slightly more serious note, I'm interested in the opinions of those who think the interstate commerce clause has some utility in regulating the sale or use of porn. Assume the ICC is used to ban interstate sale of porn; would I be okay as long as I bought locally-produced porn? What about porn imported from a foreign country directly into my state? What about porn produced elsewhere, but given away free on the internet? Could I purchase a one-year membership in an online "photography" club that includes a number of "free" pornographic layouts?

When I first read Tailgunner’s comments, they came across as attacks on the porn peddlers themselves. After a second look, I realize they could be construed as personal attacks on other FReepers. I’m sorry.