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Svenskaflicka said:*makes impression of dirty old woman*
Come here, little boy, sit in nanny's lap... or better yet, let nanny sit in YOUR lap..!![]()
Svenskaflicka said:The mind boggles at the possibilities ...
shereads said:Let's make mimosas and raise a toast to the final months of a balanced U.S. Supreme Court, which has temporarily stopped new restrictions on
INTERNET
PORN!
Then let's do the banana dance.
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CrazyyAngel said:To be honest I was a little surprised to hear that. Actually I thought the US would jump at the possibility to restrain Internet Porn ...
There may be hope for the US of A after all ...
shereads said:"trapped in the dark dungeons of the internet."
shereads said:Let's not go crazy just yet, Crazyy. Except for the lifetime job security, justices are probably like any other uniformed authority figure: they like to make people work for their Supreme Court victories. This doesn't mean they aren't wringing their hands over America's children who are "trapped in the dark dungeons of the internet."* It just means they didn't like the particular phrasing of this particular piece of legislation. Bring it back with another "whereas" or two, and maybe some "therefores," and we'll all be in leg shackles.
*Quoting Dubya, of course. Who else?
perdita said:A "woo woo woo" from me. Svenska, you have such a terrific (vs. terrifying) imagination.
Perdita
Es verdad. You positively overwhelm me. I'm sure I would swoon if we ever met in person. P.Svenskaflicka said:...and that's just ONE of the reasons why you like me.![]()
Colleen Thomas said:In this case I think the court has taken a very prudent step. They did not really rule on the wording, they ruled on the basis of the law being five years old & technology moving so rapidly.
In basic terms it's up to Asscroft & DOJ to prove in a lower court that filtering software or other technologies can't protect children without even making the courts decide if censorship is needed. If Asscroft cannot prove that parent's putting filtering software on their childrens machines won't protect them, then this law is dead in the water no matter how they re write it. It will be back to the drawing board. interestingly the law was proposed & passed with the aim of protecting children, which I think was just a clever dodge to try and get wholesale censorship accepted. It may prove to bite them in the ass, if they can't convince a lower court that parents can protect tehir kids with just a little parental oversight.
-Colly
This is a really good point - I remember that no matter where parents hid their porn, the kids would find it. I saw many a dirty magazine, mostly at my friends' houses, when they somehow found their parents' porn. And when I saw my first video - at age 14 no less! - I was grossed out. A few years later I was turned on beyond belief.psychocatblah said:I think kids would have a much harder time finding free porn on the internet than finding dad's playboys or porn tapes in his closet. I found these things as a kid and I turned out ok.
The thing is, until a certain age, even if I happened upon dad's porn I just thought it was "gross" and moved on. Most normal kids in normal households are likely to do the same. Give kids a smidgen of credit. I don't think a porn banner is going to lead to a fatality.
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Lucifer_Carroll said:I'm not as sure. Parental oversight seems to be a forgotten concept in the government. It seems the "values" campaigners make a lot of noise by assuming that parents have no real connection to their kids or what they do. For a group that believes that the family unit is an unshakable thing and that homosexuality will threaten it, it requires the usual ideological gymnastics. Luckily they're good at that. Also, remember that most judges understand technology less than a Siberian luddite just released from the Gulag. On top of that, they'll probably pick there lower court well. We haven't seen the end of this.