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To: little jeremiah
Porn pops up all over the place while people are on the internet, it's hard to avoid at times, and for impressionable and innocent children, and impressionable adolescents, it's very dangerous.

I have no problem with treating unwanted porn spam and popups like we now treat telemarketer phone calls. A do-not-spam list is fine with me. Unfortunately, it would do little to stop the flow of spam from outside the US.

Then there's TV.

There are a ton of ways to deal with that problem. Don't have a TV, don't have cable, learn how to block certain channels or shows. Finally, there is the best solution of all: don't watch shows you find offensive. If enough of your fellow citizens do the same, offensive shows don't get good enough ratings and get taken off the air. Unfortunately, for you, your fellow citizens seem to like "Desparate Housewives" (don't look at me- I think it's a dumb show, too).

You, however, don't like these options. You want government to step in and make sure that only shows that have the little jeremiah seal of approval remain on the air.

And the crap about "Well, parents should supervise their kids". Parents can't be in the same room with every kid at all times, or with every kid when they're visiting a friend.

Nobody ever said being a parent is easy. However, it really is your responsibility to make sure that your kids only watch what you want them to watch. It certainly is not the role of government, or me, to do so for you. Sorry, but as a purported conservative, you really should not be falling for this "it takes a village" nonsense.

350 posted on 11/22/2004 8:34:22 PM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Modernman

The government has a duty to protect citizens from enemies such as Islamic jihadis, theives, murderers, rapists, embezzlers and other like criminals. Up until the ACLU arm in arm with pornographers got the leftist SCOTUS to overturn a couple of hundred years of protection from pornographers, those who would corrupt morality were also considered enemies.

You and other similar fans of pornography won't and can't see your hypocracy. On one hand, you bleat about "freedom", repeating slogans about "nanny state", and OTOH, you refuse to recognize the right of states and communities to limit immoral activities and purveyors of, for instance, pornography.

I am not concerned about my own personal morals. I am concerned about civilization in general and where it is heading.


353 posted on 11/22/2004 9:09:03 PM PST by little jeremiah (Moral absolutes are what make humans human.)
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