Originally posted by: Fausto1
You would have been pissed about this two years ago, you hypocrite.
Yes, stop living in the past.
About freaking time.
The internet is being destroyed by spammers and porn sites (and popups by the two).
Everyone seems to think that the Internet is the last frontier of freedom and free enterprise, but fail to understand that it was initially created by the Gov't (Pentagon) with US taxpayer money.
Here's a great quote from "Fast Food Nation" which sums up the situation pretty well:
"The twenty-first [century] will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power. The great challenge now facing countries throughout the world is how to find a proper balance between the efficiency and the amorality of the market. Over the past twenty years the United States has swung too far in one direction, weakening the regulations that safeguard workers, consumers, and the environment. An economic system promising freedom has too often become a means of denying it, as the narrow dictates of the market gain precedence over more important democratic values."
That was written about the fast food industry, but I think it speaks equally well the the Internet, the RIAA, and DMCA.
The internet is being destroyed by spammers and porn sites (and popups by the two).
Everyone seems to think that the Internet is the last frontier of freedom and free enterprise, but fail to understand that it was initially created by the Gov't (Pentagon) with US taxpayer money.
Here's a great quote from "Fast Food Nation" which sums up the situation pretty well:
"The twenty-first [century] will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power. The great challenge now facing countries throughout the world is how to find a proper balance between the efficiency and the amorality of the market. Over the past twenty years the United States has swung too far in one direction, weakening the regulations that safeguard workers, consumers, and the environment. An economic system promising freedom has too often become a means of denying it, as the narrow dictates of the market gain precedence over more important democratic values."
That was written about the fast food industry, but I think it speaks equally well the the Internet, the RIAA, and DMCA.
Originally posted by: Redhotjrm
Originally posted by: Fausto1
You would have been pissed about this two years ago, you hypocrite.
Yes, stop living in the past.
You tell him Fausto. Friggin losers on their high horse...
That's actually "high-horse dwelling hypocritical fornicators" in his case. Just to be clear.Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: Redhotjrm
Originally posted by: Fausto1
You would have been pissed about this two years ago, you hypocrite.
Yes, stop living in the past.
You tell him Fausto. Friggin losers on their high horse...
So they want to make credit cards required to view porn? Sounds like violation of the 1st ammendment.
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Also discriminatory; poor people have a right to look at pr0n too, dammit!
And people w/bad credit!
:Q
Why don't they move all of the porn to its own ".porn" or ".adult" sites? Make it illegal to post porn on .com sites. It sounds dumb at first but I think it would be an improvement. For one, it would be a ton easier to search for porn. :evil:
For two, it wouldn't be a violation of freedom of speech. Afterall, you aren't restricting what they post, you are just making them post in a more appropriate place. Give the owners first crack at moving their sites from .com to .porn.
For three, you wouldn't have to worry about library filters blocking out sites about breast cancer or prostate cancer.
It would be easier to prevent kids looking at porn. Just have the parents put a password on the comp. Kids will just have to be more resourceful and find Playboys and XXX video tapes (edit: or buy their own computer and internet connection). So how many people here think that's a stupid idea?---(now waiting for countless posts slamming this idea.....)
For two, it wouldn't be a violation of freedom of speech. Afterall, you aren't restricting what they post, you are just making them post in a more appropriate place. Give the owners first crack at moving their sites from .com to .porn.
For three, you wouldn't have to worry about library filters blocking out sites about breast cancer or prostate cancer.
It would be easier to prevent kids looking at porn. Just have the parents put a password on the comp. Kids will just have to be more resourceful and find Playboys and XXX video tapes (edit: or buy their own computer and internet connection). So how many people here think that's a stupid idea?---(now waiting for countless posts slamming this idea.....)
Regardless of how irritated you guys get while getting IMs and eMail, the real problem is letting CHILDREN get to it. Yes, those IMs and eMails need to stop, but a more serious and pressing priority needs to be looking after our young.
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yukichigai
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It will protect them from American porn, meaning that all they'll be able to look at is that f%$#ed up foreign crap, like Japanese dismemberment hentai and stuff. That way they'll be so scarred by it they'll never look at porn again; 12 years later they'll be on top of a tower with a scope and a rifle because the internet taught them their genitals make them evil, but that's okay because they'll probably be going after people outside an abortion clinic. Nothing more patriotic and pro-life than killing people.
As for the domain thing, I always figured there should be an XXX to go with the WWW. The specifics of the rules would have to be adjusted to prevent the wrong sites from being deemed XXX material and that's something I'm not an expert on, but I think it could be a good idea. Of course Communism is a good idea on paper and we all know how that worked out.
I don't get it. They want to use credit cards for adult verification before entering commercial porn sites. But I thought this was already in place, like with AdultCheck and some other verification systems. And the pay sites require a cc to pay the subscription before you can get to the content.
But those don't even work since these pay sites have all these free galleries on places like The Hun as portals to the paying area of the site. And even the frontpage of the pay sites have enough uncensored content for a child to get more of an eyeful than what he needs.
How many here actually pay for their porn or even bother with those age-verification sites? Because there are so many other ways to get your porn fix, I really don't see how the system they are talking about is going to have any effect.
But those don't even work since these pay sites have all these free galleries on places like The Hun as portals to the paying area of the site. And even the frontpage of the pay sites have enough uncensored content for a child to get more of an eyeful than what he needs.
How many here actually pay for their porn or even bother with those age-verification sites? Because there are so many other ways to get your porn fix, I really don't see how the system they are talking about is going to have any effect.
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I was actually thinking it would be xxx.republicans.fundamentalists.
Agreed. And people need to realize here that the Supreme Court is not trying to take away your porn or infringe on our first amendment rights. It is just trying to protect those that don't want to see it, or those that shouldn't see it (and can't make their own decisions, i.e. kids).
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