Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law 975
Saeed al-Sahaf writes "From Fox News/AP, the Supreme Court has ruled that the COPA (Child Online Protection Act), passed in 1998 ostensibly to shield kids from Web porn, is probably an unconstitutional muzzle on free speech. This is not quite like 'striking the law down' because the court simply said a lower court was correct to block the law from taking effect, since it likely violates the First Amendment, and sent the law back to a lower court for trial. The American Civil Liberties Union and other critics of the antipornography law said that it would restrict far too much material that adults may legally see and buy, the court said."
Oblig. Simpsons Quote (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:1, Funny)
You can take my porn... (Score:4, Funny)
Wha-?! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:2, Funny)
nope. didn't read the f****** article. just making a joke at the expense of fox news. what's your point?
Amoral vs. Non-moral (Score:3, Funny)
what was I talking about again? I got distracted with this here picture of a purty wommin.
A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. gov. (Score:2, Funny)
Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government [hevanet.com]
Porn on the web? (Score:4, Funny)
It's like drinking from a fire hose (pun intended). Even with a DVD burner I need another hard drive.
Re:Typical liberal court (Score:2, Funny)
You, sir, have just lost all credibility.
Re:this law stinks (Score:5, Funny)
Justice Thomas! (Score:3, Funny)
Welcome to Slashdot, Justice Thomas! Good to have you here. Thanks for the tie-breaking fifth vote.
Got any good pics of Anita Hill you wanna share with us? If not, it's all good, we understand. We'll settle for a .torrent for "Long Dong Silver" instead.
Re:Interested in porn? (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry, but it would appear that, while I am "interested in porn", I am more emotionally and mentally mature than you, I have more respect for others than you, and that I am more intelligent than you (or at least I think through my responces for longer before pressing Submit, which itself is indicative of some form of cranial superiority). As for your comment about sub-humans, well, if I am sub-human, and since I have already proven myself superior to you, then what does that make you?
If I have failed to refute any one of your "points", please inform me.
Bipartisanship (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:5, Funny)
Reminds me of *ahem* a Daily Show segment where one of the correspondents, I think Rob Corrdry, was addressing the administration's criticism of the media's "biased" coverage of Iraq by covering all the bombing and stuff and not good news and went off talking about how the facts were biased and reality had an anti-Bush agenda...
Runnnnnnnn! (Score:5, Funny)
If I had seen Goatse and Lemonparty as a teenager, I think I would have decided to be celibate.
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:4, Funny)
Heh. This public discourse thingy sure is a lot easier when you a priori define one side or the other as irrational, isn't it? ;)
What happens when children look at themselves? (Score:5, Funny)
I recall that I started having my first sexual urges around 13. My mom caught me reading a Playboy magazine and sent me to counselling. What a fucking waste of time. In the end, the psychiatrist explained to my mother it was normal for human beings to develop sexual urges starting in their early teens.
I'd like to go on, but a fellow inmate needs to use this computer...
Re:Yes, Dorothy IS stupid AND ignorant. (Score:3, Funny)
Say they find a way to block porn on the internet. Yay, the government, good job. Now what about people who don't want their kids reading about homosexuality? Or who don't want their kids to see pro-gun-rights information? Because it is somehow "harmful"? Should the government make a
Re:this law stinks (Score:3, Funny)
That's the US educational system for you.
That's why I am SO glad I went to school in France.
Of course, you _could_ print out everything in color that came back from google when searching for the "American Beaver" and bring it with you next time you meet the teacher. Then you _could_suggest that the teacher assign research on a less "popular" animal, like the tortoise.
Re:Why peddle porn to kids? (Score:5, Funny)
Sex, which was invented by Satan, is evil. When you expose people to sex, you score points with the Great Horned One. For example, let's say your child is exposed to pornography, and this gives him the idea of having sex. At the end of his life, when he is at St Peter's gate, Pete will look at your kid's sex monitoring chip and see he had more orgasms than the number of children that his wife conceived. This sends your child (and his wife) to Hell to burn forever in eternal anguish. The pornographer gets a referral fee every time this happens. Whoever gets the most referral fees, will get to sit at the Right Hand of Satan and become a Duke of Hell, with the usual perks such as glorious prestige, command of demon armies, etc.
It's also about specifically corrupting the youth of America. Pornographers hate America. When your child spends time and energy masterbating to pornography, he is diverting effort away from doing productive things that would make, say, North Korea, look bad. It gives North Korea a chance to catch up. This is desirable from the point of view of a pornographer, because they want Communism to win.
They also publish porn purely out of sadistic malice. They know it hurts and offends people and makes baby Jesus cry, and that's pretty exciting.
Hope this helps and answers your question.
that whole fanatism around the constitution... (Score:4, Funny)
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Left vs. right does make a difference! (Score:5, Funny)
But hey, it's a two party system, and you don't want to throw your vote away. Are there even any local government elections in the US which use Condorcet voting yet?
Re:Oblig. Simpsons Quote (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:4, Funny)
Remember, there is no quantity of juice sufficient to stop a male from staring at the hindquarters of a female in estrus.
Re:Kids today... (Score:3, Funny)
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> I paid the full price of a magazine for just one photo series from a magazine. It has that hard to get. The photo spread was of this blond chick playing the drums naked. I'll never forget it.
And you have the gall to tell us this story without the corresponding URL? You bastard!
Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting (Score:3, Funny)
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What is better for a person, watching porn or reading a book?
Reading is way better, especially when it is your favorite porn mag or erotic novel
OK, watching porn or cleaning out your garage?
Cleaning the garage is a good way to get rid of your stale porn mag and vhs collection to make more room for the new stuff
How about watching porn or taking a nap?
Taking a nap is way better, my erotic dreams don't even compare to a porno
Watching porn or taking 20 minutes to think about what you want out of life while staring at your basement wall?
Thinking about what I want out of life is way better, due to the fact that it has helped me visualize my plan of accomplishing my life long goal of becoming a porn star.
Oops, I think I have a problem. Maybe I'll just log off