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Ashcroft's Internet Porn Threat
I am all for suppression and prosecution of those involved in kiddie porn and those who go after children. Clinton did prosecute scum like that, and I have absolutely no doubt that the Bush administration will continue the process. However, attempting to regulate the content of the Internet will not work in this country, because the courts will not allow it and the people will not stand for it. Don C.
Now, let me be very clear on something here... lest you get the idea that I am nothing more than a hard-headed, senseless ass. If I had not followed Andrew Sullivan for so long... and were only now being introduced to his work... I would find the man to be a bloody genius. He has the keen ability (as Signorile also points out) to twist and tangle information and sound bites in such a way that they come off as his own original thoughts. After reading and listening to hordes of what the man has to say... one gets to the point that you can read through the fluff and see the real stuff underneath. For example... to quote Sullivan himself... he says: "What about "re-infection"? Signorile argues that it is possible for someone to be "re-infected" with HIV, generating new strains that could possibly worsen or possibly ameliorate your health. I am aware of this theory and the slim reed of research it is based upon."
I find especially revolting that Sullivan feels that his personal sexual proclivities should be able to be kept private because he is not "an elected" official. To quote wise words: "He has no choice but to accept ALL the ramifications of celebrity, many of which are unpleasant". Unfortunately, Sullivan doesn't think that he should have to. My humble opinion is that if he feels free to attack the private lives of others, then he should stand ready to have his own attacked, as well.
J.D. Remember These Names When Voting The U.S. Senate today voted on the anti-gay Boy Scouts amendment. It will have little effect, as equal treatment is already guaranteed by a number of court cases, but the author of the amendment said it best himself: Helms said his amendment is meant to combat "the organized lesbians and homosexuals in this country of ours." From the U.S. Senate's Web Site: (Roll Call Vote No. 189 Leg. ) June 14, 2001 1:54PM TITLE: Helms Amendment No. 648 Required For Majority: 1/2 Result: Amendment Agreed to YEAS --- 51 Allard, Dorgan, Lugar, Allen, Ensign, McCain, Bennett, Enzi, McConnell, Bond, Fitzgerald, Miller, Breaux, Frist, Murkowski, Brownback, Gramm, Nickles, Bunning, Grassley, Roberts, Burns, Gregg, Santorum, Byrd, Hatch, Sessions, Campbell, Shelby, Carnahan, Helms, Hollings, Smith (NH),Cochran, Hutchinson, Smith (OR), Collins, Hutchison, Stevens, Conrad, Inhofe, Thomas, Craig, Johnson, Thompson, Crapo, Kyl, Thurmond, Domenici, Lott, Warner NAYS --- 49 Akaka, Edwards, Mikulski, Baucus, Feingold, Murray, Bayh, Feinstein, Nelson (FL, Biden, Graham, Nelson (NE), Bingaman, Hagel, Reed, Boxer, Harkin, Reid, Cantwell, Inouye, Rockefeller, Carper, Jeffords, Sarbanes, Chafee, Kennedy, Schumer, Cleland, Kerry, Snowe, Clinton, Kohl, Specter, Corzine, Landrieu, Stabenow, Daschle, Leahy, Torricelli, Dayton, Levin, Voinovich, DeWine, Lieberman, Wellstone, Dodd, Lincoln, ,Wyden, Durbin |