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Conservatives try to curtail hotel porn
AP via Yahoo! News ^ | August 22, 2006 | DAVID CRARY

Posted on 08/22/2006 12:04:00 PM PDT by King of Florida

NEW YORK - Pornographic movies now seem nearly as pervasive in America's hotel rooms as tiny shampoo bottles, and the lodging industry shows little concern as conservative activists rev up a protest campaign aimed at triggering a federal crackdown.

A coalition of 13 conservative groups — including the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America — took out full-page ads in some editions of USA Today earlier this month urging the Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether some of the pay-per-view movies widely available in hotels violate federal and state obscenity laws.

The coalition also is trying to draw attention to CleanHotels.com, a directory of hotels and motels nationwide that pledge to exclude adult offerings from their in-room entertainment service.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adultmovies; churchlady; cwa; frc; harridans; hotels; mrsgrundy; nannies; obscenity; porn; puritans; toomuchfreetime
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To: weegee
Does the lonely business traveller sit on the bed and stroke or go under the covers?

I'm sure if someone found a way to learn the answer the ACLU would be all over him/her.

And, this time, I'd be on their side.

Shalom.

101 posted on 08/22/2006 12:51:15 PM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: King of Florida

Porn is something you have to order special and pay for. However...

FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEBODY START A MOVEMENT TO REMOVE THE WEDDING CRASHERS FROM HOTEL ROOM TELEVISION!


102 posted on 08/22/2006 12:51:33 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: elfman2

*eyes welling up* Oh thank you! Thank you! I've never won anything in my life! I will treasure this award for today, always.


103 posted on 08/22/2006 12:51:59 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Joan Kerrey
Abuse of movies, minibars, room service etc would be brought up when necessary but we were pretty liberal as we wanted our people to have the conveniences of home, just not overdo it.

You mean rather than make a dictum banning the behavior for everyone you just dealt with the people who lacked common sense one at a time?

I'm sure that violates some management principle or other.

Shalom.

104 posted on 08/22/2006 12:52:48 PM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: madprof98
They turn out in droves whenever anyone suggests restricting it (not banning it, just restricting it) to keep it away from kids.

What does this proposal have to do with keeping porn away from kids?
105 posted on 08/22/2006 12:53:15 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: mgstarr
There was a time when conservatives didn't like the Feds getting involved in their daily lives.

Brother, that time is now. The idea of paying taxes so the FBI can keep track of the hotel pay-per-view menu while terrorists are running loose is straight up nanny-state stupid.

People worried about this stuff should really take some time off. You know, a little vacation or something. Have a nice dinner somewhere new, check into a hotel, grab a beer, order some porn, rub one out, and just relax.

Do whatever helps you unwind, but just take it easy on the moral police work. We've got bigger problems in the world than people procreating on video.

106 posted on 08/22/2006 12:53:24 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (- Islam will never survive being laughed at. -)
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To: madprof98
The cultural decline in this country has been precipitous

You're OK, as infidels go. I think I will kill you last.

107 posted on 08/22/2006 12:53:29 PM PDT by steve-b ("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
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To: Perdogg

Does that make it any less destructive to those who watch it and to our society?
The liberals say it isn't destructive and endorse your very positon.


108 posted on 08/22/2006 12:53:30 PM PDT by em2vn
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To: TheKidster
Nobody has to die for porn to be watched

They do if it's a snuff film, or if they're watching porn while driving and they go over a cliff, but that's another topic for another day.

109 posted on 08/22/2006 12:53:52 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: durasell
FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEBODY START A MOVEMENT TO REMOVE THE WEDDING CRASHERS FROM HOTEL ROOM TELEVISION!

And chick flicks too - like the aforementioned "When Harry Met Sally." Those kind of movies always make you think eeeeeeevil thoughts when the scenes fade to black.

Only family friendly films with guts flying everywhere should be allowed - like "The Terminator."

Shalom.

110 posted on 08/22/2006 12:54:13 PM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: Steel Wolf

"We've got bigger problems in the world than people procreating on video.
"

Pssst! Pssst! They're using birth control....keep it quiet, OK?


111 posted on 08/22/2006 12:54:26 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: King of Florida

"No, I'm not Ron Jeremy, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night . . . ."

That is funniest line I've seen on this site all week.


112 posted on 08/22/2006 12:55:04 PM PDT by Airborne1986 (Well, you can do what you want to us. But we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
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To: weegee

It is true that libraries are not supposed to restrict print material based on age. But internet access in a publicaly funded library is restricted by federal law.


113 posted on 08/22/2006 12:55:07 PM PDT by Burkean
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To: Tatze
Exactly. Stop your holy war to tell other people what they can and cannot do. That is what we are fighting in the war on terrorism.

My holy war? gosh, I had no idea.

So then, would you agree with the statement: "No individual or group should be able to tell another individual or group what the can or cannot do." ?

114 posted on 08/22/2006 12:55:52 PM PDT by 70times7 (Sense... some don't make any, some don't have any - or so the former would appear to the latter.)
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To: ArGee
In other words, I wonder how much money these would make if the people watching them did not do in private what they wished not to have exposed in public.

I wonder what the population of the country would be if all children had to be conceived in full view of the public.

115 posted on 08/22/2006 12:56:03 PM PDT by Protagoras ("Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists." - Walter Williams)
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To: Burkean

The ALA extends that policy to videos and the internet.


116 posted on 08/22/2006 12:56:16 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: madprof98
"(not banning it, just restricting it) to keep it away from kids."

What kids? Don't you have to be 18 or older to rent a hotel room? If so, there's your restriction right there.

117 posted on 08/22/2006 12:56:42 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: King of Florida

These are the PR stunts that make conservatives look ditsy.

No matter how valid a position, we loose because peole are free NOT to buy and free to even have it blocked from their rooms.


They might as well complain about the cost of penuts in the minibar.


118 posted on 08/22/2006 12:56:50 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ArGee

I believe that the Wedding Crashers now has its own cable channel. It plays 24 hours a day, seven days a week on hotel cable. It must be stopped! Not since Beast Master have we seen such a viewing menace!

Yes and the chick flicks! They must be eliminated as well.

Is anyone with me on this thing?


119 posted on 08/22/2006 12:56:57 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Protagoras
I wonder what the population of the country would be if all children had to be conceived in full view of the public.

461,392,857.

120 posted on 08/22/2006 12:57:41 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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