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Posted by timothy on Sunday July 31, 2005 @08:51AM from the why-not-a-100%-tax-on-babykissers? dept.

Better-living-thru-taxes writes "Senator Tom Carper (D-Del) is calling for a 25% tax on all internet pornograpy. The money is to help police fight online child pornographers. 'Carper says the bill will keep kids away from X-rated material.'"

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Ha! (Score:5, Funny)

by Uber Banker ( 655221 ) * writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @08:56AM (#13207126)

They could tax Empornium [empornium.us] for 100% and it will still be free!

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We all know how politicians work... (Score:2, Funny)

by DaveM753 ( 844913 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @08:57AM (#13207129)

He's just voting to increase his own taxes.

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It's (almost) all in that proposal! (Score:5, Funny)

by DoktorTomoe ( 643004 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @08:57AM (#13207130)

Sex! Minors interested in sex. Minors using someones credit card to pay for porn (ordo minors in the US actually get a credit card legally?) Pedophiles ... Man, that sounds like just out of the "box of horrors" of contemporary politics. He forgot terrorists, tought...

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ThinkGeek better watch out... (Score:4, Funny)

by Message Board ( 695681 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @08:58AM (#13207145) Journal

A 25% tax on what the government calls pornography [thinkgeek.com] might impact sales. Be afraid, thinkgeek - you and your action shots.

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Thank goodness (Score:3, Funny)

by abrotman ( 323016 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:00AM (#13207155)

It's about time our elected officials started paying taxes.

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The government started taxing porn..... (Score:3, Funny)

by gristlebud ( 638970 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:23AM (#13207256)

and the government's debt was wiped out in 2 months.

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Re:Ha! (Score:2, Funny)

by myslashdotusername ( 903486 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:35AM (#13207306) Homepage Journal

If pictures of naked people are to be taxed, then I purpose that only those who are violating their churches' basically-held principles in viewing the pictures be forced to pay the tax./I

If Someone were to overpay said tax, I guess you'd call that a sintax error.

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:3, Funny)

by theridersofrohan ( 241712 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:39AM (#13207322) Homepage

Sex is a natural thing that happens between two people who like each other a lot.

"Bukkake is when a Mommy and a Daddy and a Daddy and a Daddy and a Daddy and a Daddy and a Daddy all decide that Mommy needs some special facial moisturiser" (from bash.org)
;-) (I agree with you though)

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:40AM (#13207325)

what? i LOVE redheads. screw the blondes

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Obligatory Braveheart (Score:5, Funny)

by Pizaz ( 594643 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:43AM (#13207339)

They may take our pr0n, but they'll never take OUR FREEDOM! Oh wait...

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Re:age-verification software (Score:5, Funny)

by Linus Torvaalds ( 876626 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:45AM (#13207347)

How on earth can someone reliably "verify" the age of a person of the web?

That's easy. Just ask them: a/s/l?

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @09:48AM (#13207357)

Simple.
Black dudes have cocks that are way too large, and would damage the self esteam of young white boys.
won't someone think of the children??

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Re:Great Idea! (Score:2, Funny)

by Donniedarkness ( 895066 ) writes: <Donniedarkness@g ... BSDcom minus bsd> on Sunday July 31, 2005 @10:08AM (#13207442) Homepage

... you forgot the 75% tax on liberal sites to help fight abortion, democratic presidents, and the evil that is GAY MARRIAGE.

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @10:17AM (#13207487)

Any idea what the (D-...) stands for in "Senator Tom Carper (D-Del)"
Douchebag

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:5, Funny)

by justin12345 ( 846440 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @10:46AM (#13207607)

"...although you failed to point out the basis of this article is that a democratic senator is pushing for this..."

Oh, sheesh, thank god... at least it will never pass then.

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Re:Great Idea! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @11:33AM (#13207814)

Then we can enact a 25% tax on all food sold online to fight obesity! Next we can enact a 25% tax on gun-friendly sites to fight domestic violence....

Why? Just a 25% tax on porn would bring in so much money that we could do away with income tax, sales tax, property tax, and give every kid a free pony!

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:3, Funny)

by pair-a-noyd ( 594371 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @12:16PM (#13208044)

There are lots of us atheists who have a very strong sense of morality which has nothing to do with illegality.

Amen to that brother!

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Re:"I know it when I see it" is all very well but. (Score:3, Funny)

by MyDixieWrecked ( 548719 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @12:22PM (#13208069) Homepage Journal

It seems odd to have a situation where the IRS decides what is and what isn't pornography.

I think looking at pricewatch.com is pornography.

Imagining buying 8 10KRPM SCSI drives with a decent scsi RAID card... ooooh. that gives me feelings inside that rivals large breasted women and shorn vaginas.

or even looking at what kind of rack servers are available. Beowulf clusters of multi-processor servers with RAM and storage totals calculated in Petabytes.

I'll be back in a minute. gotta get a tissue.

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The worst of both parties (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @01:16PM (#13208381)

Combining Democratic taxation with Republican morality into a single bill.

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Re:Sex is natural (Score:3, Funny)

by JohnFluxx ( 413620 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @01:45PM (#13208531)

What porn have you seen where women have orgasms from giving blow jobs??? torrent links are fine ;)

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Re:torrent.. (Score:3, Funny)

by h4rm0ny ( 722443 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @03:48PM (#13209259) Journal

Actually, I was just referring to the general moaning, groaning and Vidal Sassoon hair tossing that porn-star women seem compelled to do whenever they're lucky enough to have a dick stuck in their mouth. I mean if you have a monster like that at your disposal, there're places where you could get a heck of a lot more pleasure out of it, you know?

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Re:"I know it when I see it" is all very well but. (Score:3, Funny)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @03:51PM (#13209283) Homepage Journal

Your comment gives new meaing to the phrase, "Hey, baby! Nice rack!"

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Re:Don't let the state nany, take some responsibil (Score:4, Funny)

by unitron ( 5733 ) writes: on Sunday July 31, 2005 @07:09PM (#13210110) Homepage Journal

So you don't appreciate America's God-given right to vote for the lesser of two weasels?

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