Not an apples-to-apples comparison; and not really even true. Terrorism would find a different lousy excuse if there were no such thing as oil.
We already had laws against terrorism, but 9-11 happened anyway. Just because we have laws doesn't mean anything's being done to substantively enforce them. That's the point Santorum is driving at, here; a point the Obama administration -- and even the Bush administration before him (think :illegal immigration) -- is unwilling to admit.
NOBODY has to expand government to quash porn or terrorism; SOMEBODY has to enforce existing law. THAT is what Santorum is committing to do, for a change.
I was being sarcastic with the comparison. I think both are fallacious premises that rely on manipulating statistics to get people to fall in line. The same as global warming. There was one person who posted that because murderers watched porn, porn makes you likely to murder. That is ridiculous.
My argument is whether or not obscenity laws belong in the Federal Government. If the executive’s job is to enforce the law, then he should. I just think there should be fewer laws. A city can ban porn from billboards, Washington doesnt need to.