Comments on: The war on porn

By: Domestic Psychology

Domestic Psychology — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:22:11 +0000

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By: TennesseeValuesAuthority

TennesseeValuesAuthority — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:50:39 +0000

Amen Uncle. It’s always easy to find enough votes in a legislative body, be it Congress or county commisssion, to chip away at civil liberties in the name of “morality and values” (or “patriotism” for that matter, but that’s another story), especially when everyone thinks the loss of civil liberties only applies to the “bad guys” and not to them. Sadly though, it’s hard to find a legislator willing to make a stand against the tide of “popular” (or at least “vocal”) opinion and speak out in opposition of silly legislation like this. For all the talk from legislators at local, state, and federal level (particularly from the neo-cons) about personal responsibility and small government, I sure don’t see any evidence lawmakers have faith in those ideas beyond their value as campaign slogans.

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:55:28 +0000

Even *I* already figured out a way around the law. Just sell enough non-porn merchandise to another store and have them sell it back to you for the same price. Voila! Lots of non-porm revenue to offset the porn sales.
My late father-in-law did this sort of thing to keep a commercial fishing license. The law just said how much fish you had to sell each year, not where it came from. He went to the wholesale fish market, bought $X of fish and then immediately sold it back for a little less than what he paid. The wholesaler gets some quick money, Dad keeps his license, and no fish actually changed hands.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:54:04 +0000

Friend of mine went to law school and wound up as an ADA in Columbia, SC. One of his first cases was prosecuting an adult video store under a law similar to the on in Knoxville, only it basically said that selling porn couldn’t be the store’s primary purpose.

So, as a figleaf, the store had a rack of keychains, and claimed that selling keychains had been their primary business. It just happened to turn out that the good people of Columbia bought more porn than keychains.

During the trial my friend mocked them by saying, “So you want us to believe that you opened a store to sell THIS (and held up a keychain) and not THIS (and held up a double-headed dildo).” He won the case.

By: GMontag

GMontag — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:48:25 +0000

Sounds like my idea for a free, wireless, porn server is ‘needed’ more where you are than where I am

By: SayUncle : Time for a strip-in

SayUncle : Time for a strip-in — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

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