Says He'll Crack Down On Pornography

[WilliamC]

Did you even read what I wrote?

I did.

"...but politically, I don't want the Federal government to have that kind of power"

And on one level, I agree with you.

I live in a dry county, no alcohol sales allowed, and it doesn't really bother me at all. In fact last time a ballot measure came around to legalize sales of alcohol at the county level I voted against it, not because I'm against alcohol, but because I think the County level is the appropriate one to decide this issue, and I personally don't mind living in a dry county.

I would not vote for the same measure at the State level or at the Federal level, and if I lived in a different county that allowed alcohol and wanted to ban public sale I may or my not support the ban depending on other circumstances in the county. I would most likely be against a ban unless there was a clear and obvious linkage between public alcohol sales in the county and violent crime.

Porn falls into the same category for me, at least I should say public sale of porn (can't rightly see regulating someones behavior in their home just like I don't agree that private possession, consumption or manufacture of alcohol should be illegal). So I could see some counties allowing public 'porn shops' and others not, just like some counties allow public bars and others don't.

But I would be leery of the State regulating porn for all citizens, and completely against the Federal government doing so.

Seems to me that decentralized power and inhomogenous laws and regulations on cultural issues allows people to somewhat self-segregate, and that isn't always bad. If a community wants to have laws not shared by other communities that's entirely different than one law for everyone in a State or in the USA or the World.

[tod evans]

The constitution was written to restrain the federal government.
ALL new federal legislation that does not repeal existing legislation bastardizes the constitution.

[Agorism]

Thank God we have Pope Ricky to fight evil doers, porn watchers, prostitutes, and most importantly the gays.

[LisaNY]

^ you forgot the single moms, poor 'Blah' people, contraception users and gamblers.

[ONUV]

[heavenlyboy34]

Still no Fire11? Brighten teh Fire11 signal!!11!!

[Lishy]

Rick Santorum isn't stupid. He's probably only saying this so he'll get the nomination, but not beat Obama.

[dannno]

Did you even read what I wrote?

Ya, you said you don't want it to be banned at the Federal level, but you'd like to see it banned.

[heavenlyboy34]

Fire11, calling Fire11!!

[Anti Federalist]

When you say you want to "ban" pornography, do you mean you want it to not exist because people no longer demand it, or you want to use violence against non-violent citizens?

Maybe he's targeting the rapist demographic:



How the Web Prevents Rape

All that Internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/e...ents_rape.html

By Steven E. Landsburg|Posted Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, at 2:22 PM ET

Does pornography breed rape? Do violent movies breed violent crime? Quite the opposite, it seems.

First, porn. What happens when more people view more of it? The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment. Better yet, because Internet usage caught on at different times in different states, it offers 50 natural experiments.

The bottom line on these experiments is, "More Net access, less rape." A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. States that adopted the Internet quickly saw the biggest declines. And, according to Clemson professor Todd Kendall, the effects remain even after you control for all of the obvious confounding variables, such as alcohol consumption, police presence, poverty and unemployment rates, population density, and so forth.

OK, so we can at least tentatively conclude that Net access reduces rape. But that's a far cry from proving that porn access reduces rape. Maybe rape is down because the rapists are all indoors reading Slate or vandalizing Wikipedia. But professor Kendall points out that there is no similar effect of Internet access on homicide. It's hard to see how Wikipedia can deter rape without deterring other violent crimes at the same time. On the other hand, it's easy to imagine how porn might serve as a substitute for rape.

If not Wikipedia, then what? Maybe rape is down because former rapists have found their true loves on Match.com. But professor Kendall points out that the effects are strongest among 15-year-old to 19-year-old perpetrators—the group least likely to use such dating services.

Moreover, professor Kendall argues that those teenagers are precisely the group that (presumably) relies most heavily on the Internet for access to porn. When you're living with your parents, it's a lot easier to close your browser in a hurry than to hide a stash of magazines. So, the auxiliary evidence is all consistent with the hypothesis that Net access reduces rape because Net access makes it easy to find porn.

[Lishy]

Well either way, I gotta say "$#@! you!" to Santorum, cuz' I make (anime) "porn", and I someday I'm gonna be a father with a family to feed!

He's a freaking nazi job-destroyer!

[Anti Federalist]

Well either way, I gotta say "$#@! you!" to Santorum, cuz' I make (anime) "porn", and I someday I'm gonna be a father with a family to feed!

He's a freaking nazi job-destroyer!

I don't care for anime, but these cartoons women are hot, I don't care what anybody says:

[Lishy]

Save our hentai and the countless hours artists work to produce them for minimal and little to no pay to make our favorite Eroge!

[heavenlyboy34]

Where is Fire11? I haz teh sad. Cranking up the Fire11 signal a bit higher.

[specsaregood]

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[trey4sports]

god dammit Rick, don't tread on my porn.

[rambone]

‘Vigorous’ Santorum crackdown may catch Internet porn viewers with pants down

[rambone]

Funny, I was just thinking today how there are not enough people locked in American prisons.

[PaulSoHard]

There goes Santorum's youth vote lolol

[RonRules]

We'll have to settle for Vietnamese porn now.

[heavenlyboy34]

We'll have to settle for Vietnamese porn now.

Nah, the market will prevail. People will find ways to mask IPs and whatnot.

[slamhead]

Great, kill off one of our last manufacturing industries.

LOL...the manufacture bad dialogue, moans, and body fluid.

[slamhead]

I live in a dry county, no alcohol sales allowed,.....

Really! We actually have prohibition of alcohol at the county level in this country? Wow. Crazy stuff.

[rockerrockstar]

Santorum will lose with this stance. If he gets lucky he will get the nomination but he will lose to Obama. No doubt. This guy is proving to be exactly the type of guy I feared he was. Santorum just dug his own grave.

[Lishy]

“Although the Supreme Court says private possession is constitutionally protected, it has said that private receipt of [pornography] is not protected,” noted Volokh. “You can’t prosecute them all … but you can find certain types of pornography that are sufficiently unpopular"

Also, and I know I am going to be generalizing here, but for people who actually listen to what he says, I really have to express my disgust at people who want to break my door down using violent cops with guns, all because I draw a 2D image on an 18+ website. They're seriously acting like a bunch of arrogant pussies who think their moral is better than ours, and that it should be imposed. They're the same group of people who think they're soooooo good just because they go to Church every weekend, and because of that they think they have a right to tell me what to do in my personal life?

That arrogant group of people really need something to shatter their overinflated "family values" ego.

It's pure theocracy! There shouldn't even be any logical reason why any sort of porn should be banned in the first place unless it harms the actors!

They basically believe that by removing an artwork they disagree with, it'll make people magically better! But it doesn't work that way! Santorum himself admitted in the quote that all it does is feed the prison industrial complex!

[rockerrockstar]

Also, and I know I am going to be generalizing here, but for people who actually listen to what he says, I really have to express my disgust at people who want to break my door down using violent cops with guns, all because I draw a 2D image on an 18+ website. They're seriously acting like a bunch of arrogant pussies who think their moral is better than ours, and that it should be imposed. They're the same group of people who think they're soooooo good just because they go to Church every weekend, and because of that they think they have a right to tell me what to do in my personal life?

That arrogant group of people really need something to shatter their overinflated "family values" ego.

It's pure theocracy! There shouldn't even be any logical reason why any sort of porn should be banned in the first place unless it harms the actors!

They basically believe that by removing an artwork they disagree with, it'll make people magically better! But it doesn't work that way! Santorum himself admitted in the quote that all it does is feed the prison industrial complex!

You should take this political rant by Santorum and use it promote your porn site via threads about his potential law. Nice art. I have troubles reading your website address in your banner ad.

[rockerrockstar]

opps double posted on mistake.

[Lishy]

That isn't my website. It's just a random Touhou pic I found on google to make fun of how he wants to ban hardcore porn. Touhou fans should get an idea why it's funny in response to his statement.

My own work is this and it's not actually purely pornographic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...enshot0011.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...enshot0015.png

Safe for work too ^^^

But because of people like Santorum, I have to fear releasing depictions of my own characters for adult entertainment? Who the hell does he think he is to tell me what I can and can't do with my own characters on my own website, on my friend's hosting service? (Yeah, my own friend is actually founder of the company providing my site domain!)

Arrogant, religious "elitists" (pussies?) like Santorum and his supporters really need to watch 2girls1cup. Maybe they'll be so shocked, they'll stop harassing people like me who just want a modest living through adult entertainment.

[heavenlyboy34]

just for lolz-

[rockerrockstar]

Santorum has no idea how many people look at porn. He is going to kill any chances he has of being president with this. The religious people may get him nominated but it will not work in the general election against Obama.