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Title: Porn industry to Rick Santorum: Butt out
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Published: Mar 20, 2012
Author: James Eng
Post Date: 2012-03-20 11:42:08 by freepatriot32
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Keywords: Porn industry, Rick Santorum, Butt out, libertarians
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The porn industry has an X-rated reaction to Rick Santorum’s vow to crack down on pornography if he’s elected president: Butt out. Two giants in the industry contacted by msnbc.com scoff at the Republican presidential candidate's claims that porn is causing “a pandemic of harm” in America and contributing to violence against women. Nonsense, says Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. Absolutely no proof, says Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Los Angeles-based Vivid Entertainment, one of the largest makers of erotic movies. Flynt notes that a 1969 commission set up by President Lyndon Johnson spent millions of dollars studying the impact of porn and concluded there was no evidence such materials were harmful. “You have guys like Santorum come along and they bring out the bogeyman every chance they get,” Flynt said. "You will be hard-pressed to find anyone that can point out to you a study that shows harm is caused to anyone exposed to porn materials." “I find it ironic that Republicans (like Santorum) are out there wanting less government and government intruding into our lives, but when it comes to moral issues they want government to legislate morality," says Hirsch. "It doesn’t work. It will never work.” Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator who is trying to woo social conservatives, says on his presidential campaign website that if elected he will hire an attorney general who will “vigorously” enforce federal obscenity laws curtailing distribution of hardcore porn. He also says that studies have shown porn causes brain changes in adults and children, and that every family should be concerned about its harmful effects. Santorum says he would enforce US obscenity laws that Obama ignores The little-discussed position paper made the Internet rounds after The Daily Caller published a column this week calling attention to it. Though Santorum rattles off a list of social harms that he says is caused by porn, he doesn’t specifically call for a ban on all porn in his website statement. Instead, he says, he’s most concerned about exposure to “hardcore” porn. “While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Santorum Administration,” he writes. Hirsch says a crackdown by the attorney general won’t work. “We’ve seen that before. John Ashcroft was that guy. Edwin Meese was that guy. They can prosecute but ultimately it’s juries that decide what is and isn’t obscene,” Hirsch says. “Over last 20 years there have been very, very few obscenity convictions.” Hirsch suggests making a deal with Santorum: “We will stay out of his church, and he will stay out of our bedrooms." Santorum says he backs the efforts of the War on Illegal Pornography coalition, which is lobbying Congress, 2012 political candidates and the government to crack down on what it describes as "the growing amount of hardcore pornography available in America." Santorum isn’t the first presidential candidate to vow to target porn. Former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann went further than Santorum. She signed a pledge vowing to support a constitutional amendment to ban all pornography and same-sex marriage.
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#1. To: All, *libertarians*, *The Fun Police* (#0)
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fucking dumbass xtians. Murder for israel, but dont look at nekked wimmin, it's sinful!!! There are times where if I could flip a switch and destroy all 3 abrahamic 'faiths', then if you value your life you wouldn't get between me and that switch. This is one of those times. These assholes deserve to be destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------- Throughout history the busybodies and moral arbiters have always attacked the media. The first novels that were written in the early 1700's, I believe, the government paid the writers to not write, believing the books corrupted the mroal fiber. Then it was dime novels after the War between the States, the pulp novels, movies, TV, comic books, video games, music....the list just goes on. Now it's pornography, which has been around since people. "You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
you have it wrong. i think santorum is a wicked duplicitous phony. like you said, he promotes mass murder but doesnt want people to see porn and wants to use the heavy hand of govt to banish it. This position, however, does not reflect the nature of God who you refer to. God bestowed on us free will, to choose what we want to do. if we do not have the freedom of conscious to do what we wish, there would be no virtue in doing good. God is not a dictator. quite the opposite. "Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
He's doing much better than Paul. Without the fundie xtians, he'd have been gone. The xtians want a theocracy. That there are some that dont want it doesn't negate that imo they are the minority. Give them a theocracy and the minority will join the majority. Then we will have war. No more burning times. Next time we'll do the burning. Religious freedom goes both ways. xtians keep your fucking religious rules bullshit out of my life, I'll do the same, and there won't be any problems. Fuck with me and I will have exactly zero problem in crushing anyone that tries. If they don't like porn, then don't view porn. If they don't like alcohol, then don't drink alcohol. If they don't like abortion, then don't get an abortion. If they don't like weed, then don't smoke weed. But don't fucking tell me what I can and can't do, based on the xtian standard of 'morality', especially when these xtians don't even live up to their own publicly stated standards themselves. -------------------------------------------------------- Could u be a little more clear? I don't like to mince words.
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#2. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll
#3. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
#4. To: PSUSA2 (#2)
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#5. To: Artisan (#4)
you have it wrong. i think santorum is a wicked duplicitous phony. like you said, he promotes mass murder but doesnt want people to see porn and wants to use the heavy hand of govt to banish it.
Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll
#6. To: PSUSA2 (#5)
No more burning times. Next time we'll do the burning. Religious freedom goes both ways. xtians keep your fucking religious rules bullshit out of my life, I'll do the same, and there won't be any problems. Fuck with me and I will have exactly zero problem in crushing anyone that tries.
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The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
#7. To: tom007 (#6)
Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll
#8. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit, because he doesn't come over your property and break your windows. - Dave Hebel
#9. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
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