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To: Antoninus
Restricting obscenity IS for the good of the nation.

Having the federal government dictate what you do on the internet IS NOT for the good of the nation, it's for the good of Big Government.

If you honestly think that this wouldn't be used to open the door to further censorship, you're a fool. Once the feds get Americans used to the idea of dictating what they can do on the internet, it will not stop with porn.

Liberals will try to push through all kinds of legislation - restricting access to websites that discuss guns (to protect the children), restricting access to websites that say bad things about illegal immigrants (protecting minorities), restricting access to websites that say bad things about Islam (protecting religion).

As much as I hate porn of any sorts, even more so now that I have grandkids, I hate even more the idea of the federal government censoring the internet, because it will not stop with porn.
106 posted on 03/15/2012 12:03:34 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr
If you honestly think that this wouldn't be used to open the door to further censorship, you're a fool. Once the feds get Americans used to the idea of dictating what they can do on the internet, it will not stop with porn.

Are you serious? You do realize that most pornography was outlawed in this country up through the 1960s, right? Were we some sort of fascist dictatorship until the "enlightened" Supreme Court of the 1960s came a long and "fixed" everything?

You do realize that's the narrative of the Obama left you're parroting, right?
142 posted on 03/15/2012 12:40:00 PM PDT by Antoninus (Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
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