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At this rate we'll 17th century Puritans in no time. And Europe thought we were already prudes on the subject, now we have the Bush administration conservative christian morals making it worse.
In the past I never thought or cared about politics much. Until about the past year or so. I view myself as neither a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. I try to take a more objective middle ground. I'll hear about some liberal special interest group wanting one thing that I think is stupid but then the conservatives pull shit like this. Or with gay marriage, the government doesn't care about straight people getting married, why should they care about gays doing it? That this group over there has less freedoms than that group over here. I know that bit was off topic. It's just the government enforcing these conversative morals down everyone's throat and laughing at liberal views is annoying as hell.
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quote:Christian conservatives, long skeptical of Gonzales, greeted the pornography initiative with what the Family Research Council called "a growing sense of confidence in our new attorney general."
Ah, future-mayor Gonzales?
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For good or for ill, American society is inherently reactionary. When the next liberal administration takes over, we'll see equally dramatic reversals toward the other side. Personally, I think it's a shame that this pendulum has to swing so broadly, but c'est la vie.
Ever the optimist, I take this view: (1.) The roots of pornography lie in human nature itself. (2.) It is ultimately futile to fight human nature. (3.) Ergo, this "War on Porn" will ultimately be lost. (4.) This is a good thing, because I likes me my porn but good.
-MMoM
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I gotta laugh at the hyper-reactionary nature of American politics, but what is the 'Family Research Council'? I mean we all know families are disastrous for our mental health why do you have an organisation that promotes them?
Europe thinks the British are prudes let alone Americans, the humorous thing about this is that it's the FBI members themselves who most find this material for comedy.
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quote:Among friends and trusted colleagues, an experienced national security analyst said, "it's a running joke for us."
A few of the printable samples:
"Things I Don't Want On My Resume, Volume Four."
"I already gave at home."
"Honestly, most of the guys would have to recuse themselves."
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I'm confused. Is porn going to actually be made illegal? Will Ron Jeremy be hunted down and hung (hur hur)? What exactly are they going after?
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-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Premarital hankey-pankey?
An initiative is being fomulated to issue chastity belts on everyone which will only be unlocked after wedding vows are made. Once that is complete, Phase 3 of the Republican Christian Conservative Movement involves attaching purity collars to everyone which will send an electric shock through the body everytime he/she looks at porn, touches themselves, or thinks unpure thoughts. Homosexual thoughts will result in higher shock levels to electrocute the evil dirty gayness out of a person.
-------------------- I'm slightly annoyed at Hobbes' rather rude decision to be much more attractive than me though. That's just rude. - PsyLiam, Oct 27, 2005.
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