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  • TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2005 1:45 PM

Are You Ready for a Fight?

The FBI is joining the Bush Administration's "War on Porn." The intelligence agency has sent out a memo asking for agents to join the anti-porn squad. This time, they're targeting legal pornography that is marketed to adults, a tactic that hasn't been attempted with any strength since the days of Attorney General Ed Meese under President Reagan in the 1980s.

But [Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales endorses the rationale of predecessor Meese: that adult pornography is a threat to families and children. Christian conservatives, long skeptical of Gonzales, greeted the pornography initiative with what the Family Research Council called "a growing sense of confidence in our new attorney general."

Congress began funding the obscenity initiative in fiscal 2005 and specified that the FBI must devote 10 agents to adult pornography. The bureau decided to create a dedicated squad only in the Washington Field Office. "All other field offices may investigate obscenity cases pursuant to this initiative if resources are available," the directive from headquarters said. "Field offices should not, however, divert resources from higher priority matters, such as public corruption."


You'd think that maybe, just maybe, the government would have better things to do with its time, money, and investigative resources.

 

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ASSH0LE

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV
June 2003

SEP 20, 2005 09:13 PM

Actually, as per my recollection, a recent poll indicated he'd lose to Jimmy Carter as well. He beats Nixon though. Not sure about Jerry Ford, lots of people they polled probably don't remember Ford.

DrZaius_

DrZaius_

Shallotte, NC
OLD SKOOL

SEP 20, 2005 09:29 PM

I want to be on that squad. think of all the free porn!smile

googused

googused

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

SEP 20, 2005 09:52 PM

Say, where's the SG John Birch Society to defend their heroes? confused

KMFCM

KMFCM

Peekskill, NY
September 2002

SEP 20, 2005 09:56 PM


and the crusade against fun continues. . .

dontpooyourself

dontpooyourself

Austin, TX
March 2005

SEP 20, 2005 10:05 PM

Boo-urns. Will strip clubs destroy families next? Maybe Botticelli's Birth of Venus will prevent a fisherman from getting to work because his wife doesn't want him to have an opportunity for infidelity, and his family will starve. We'd better burn it just to be safe.

SexyBeast

SexyBeast

Covington, LA
July 2004

SEP 20, 2005 10:07 PM

TheFly said:
Uh, I don't have a family and I don't have children. How is porn going to hurt them



I was thinking of something similar. We don't have kids and my wife and I look at porn together, if anything, it brings us closer together.

clevercatM

clevercatM

USA
March 2004

SEP 20, 2005 10:16 PM

I don't see what all the fuss is about. The bulletin explicitly states that "[f]ield offices should not, however, divert resources from higher priority matters, such as public corruption." Hence, the Bush Administration will presumably be brought to its knees as the FBI cracks down on public corruption. Only then will the resources to investigate pornography become available...but once Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz are safely behind bars then who's going to lead this crusade? Ari Fleischer?

No, nothing to worry about...

Andvari

Andvari

Calgary, AB
April 2005

SEP 20, 2005 10:23 PM

TheFly said:
So how is Canada in the fall?



Cold. But we can watch porn to keep ourselves warm.

KMFCM

KMFCM

Peekskill, NY
September 2002

SEP 20, 2005 10:31 PM


I'm looking at Sweden myself smile

Lyxzen

Lyxzen

SUICIDEGIRL

Oregon, USA

SEP 20, 2005 10:57 PM

i think the bush administration must have sat down at some point and decided to break the record for the most laws fucked with during one political office. you know its true. puke

edmun

edmun

Springfield, OR
September 2004

SEP 21, 2005 12:08 AM

SG is probably on the list.

whitepuma

whitepuma

Australia
March 2004

SEP 21, 2005 03:54 AM

Um if it is legal then what is the problem here. Please some email me and let me know as I think I am missing something. So from this I understand that legal producers of porn are now being threatened by the govt under the crap idealisation of family values. Is it not the responsibility of parents to ensure that children do not have access to this material. If there is a breach here why is it the manufacture that gets punished. Fucked if I know. What next people wont be allowed to have sex in case kids find out that it happens.

Schismatic_God

Schismatic_God

Houston, TX
March 2005

SEP 21, 2005 05:03 AM

/me climbs on soap box.

Um Mr. President, there is this little war thing x2 over in the desert that we havent quite finished up yet. I have some really good friends and family members who are over there, doing thier job - fighting in our forces. I am for the "project" over there, as long as we get the job done. At this time though I would like to point out that I think before we go on a witch hunt over legal pornography, Getting a good solid win over there and bringing everyone home would be a great thing to accomplish. As well... I think that is a little more important than who is fucking who, and who is taking pictures of it. bok

Blyddyn

Blyddyn

Germany
June 2005

SEP 21, 2005 06:55 AM

MrPotatoHead said:
Psychologically speaking - These measure to curtail porn is indicative of what is called a fascist personality as set-out by Theodore Adorno's F-scale. Which measurers the fascist's leanings of an individual.

Adorno's work was instrumental in the understanding in the rise of fascism in Europe and its causes.

You can take and F-scale test here

I score a Less than 2 meaing I am a whining bleading heart liberal.

An obsession of the Fascist Personality is the belief that every were people are engaged in mysterious and secret happenings many of which are of a sexual nature, and that need to be exposed.



I got a score of 2, a liberal airhead. But I thought that the German-American Bund had been outlawed, not elected ....


[Edited on Sep 21, 2005 3:58PM]

quagmirething

quagmirething

I'm lost
June 2005

SEP 21, 2005 07:06 AM

For things like DVD the current system works very well, for the porn haters that is. There's loads of stuff which isn't being put out because all it takes is one state to take it to court and it's a jury lottery.

So I'm guessing that this more federal because state prosecutors aren't acting as boogie men when it comes to internet porn makers.

I must say I really hate laws which work by fear. Nobody knows where the line between legal and illegal is because there isn't one.

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