Porn vs. Child Porn
Delaware Democrat Tom Carper is calling for a 25% tax on all internet pornography, as part of a bill that also includes forced age verification on all porn sites. On the surface this sounds like it's a Good Thing - makes porn less accessible, and hopefully restricts underage access to it. But wait! Let's drop the gut instinct characteristic of the average American voter and think for a second.
Free porn is everywhere. Barring that, there is a large category of models that likes to do "almost-porn", sorta like the girls that give blowjobs and then call themselves virgins. How will this bill affect these sites at all? I'm assuming that the people who pay for porn make up a very minor minority, because for the sake of American morality I hope that there are very few people willing to pay ten bucks a month to watch people get gangbanged. The truth is, the majority of Internet porn-users will be unaffected, and this will simply become another revenue stream to attempt to fill our massive debt-laden budget.
Supposedly this money will go towards a fund for prosecuting child pornographers. Whether or not this money is properly used or not, this still puts us in the peculiar position of relying on pornographers to fund the war against child porn. Rather than stamp it out as his morals would dictate, Senator Carper's proposition would actually help ensure the continued existence of porn.
Free porn is everywhere. Barring that, there is a large category of models that likes to do "almost-porn", sorta like the girls that give blowjobs and then call themselves virgins. How will this bill affect these sites at all? I'm assuming that the people who pay for porn make up a very minor minority, because for the sake of American morality I hope that there are very few people willing to pay ten bucks a month to watch people get gangbanged. The truth is, the majority of Internet porn-users will be unaffected, and this will simply become another revenue stream to attempt to fill our massive debt-laden budget.
Supposedly this money will go towards a fund for prosecuting child pornographers. Whether or not this money is properly used or not, this still puts us in the peculiar position of relying on pornographers to fund the war against child porn. Rather than stamp it out as his morals would dictate, Senator Carper's proposition would actually help ensure the continued existence of porn.
posted by FISHYBADGER at 10:56 AM
2 Comments:
I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to know HOW you're such an expert on the subject of pornography.
Actually, if a girl only gave blowjobs but never had a male reproductive organ in hers, she can be considered a virgin. A slutty virgin, but one nonetheless.
This is a horrible idea. Mainly because the company that would be handling the age verification service (VerifyME) is owned by a Washington-based data mining company called Aristotle International that spies on U.S. citizens and sells the information to politicians.
Right now this company collects info related to voting habits, estimated income, home ownership, race, religion, marital status, etc. But now that there's a new law forcing age verification on porn sites it could add your sexual orientation and proclivities to its database.
A Wired News reporter was able to buy two sets of lists from this company using fake names -- Condolezza Rice and Britney Spears. Anyone who has the right amount of cash would be able to get the most sensitive information on just about anyone in the country.
Aristotle provides campaign services that help politicians get elected. It looks like this porn law is a reward for a job well done.
Learn more about this shady company's questionable business practices here:
For Sale: The American Voter
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61543,00.html
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