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> There'd be no way to keep pornographic or sexual content constrained to a .xxx domain even if regulations were implemented to try to make it so. But how much
by chbarts 16y ago
> There'd be no way to keep pornographic or sexual content constrained to a .xxx domain even if regulations were implemented to try to make it so.
But how much harm could they do in trying? That is the question you should ask. Look up Anthony Comstock if you want an example.
- m0nty 16y agoThis wingnut is the UK corollary to Comstock, long gone now but her legacy still bothers us: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse
- holdenweb 16y agoFirst they came for the pornographers, and I did not speak out because I was not a pornographer ...
- chbarts 16y ago> I was not a pornographer How certain are you of this? Would you be able to successfully defend every photograph or email you have ever produced against obscenity charges? I think, if it came down to it, the courts could find a hell of a lot of inadvertent pornographers out there. Note I said 'could': Selective enforcement of over-broad laws is a boon and a horrible threat, because it implies everyone is guilty of something, so the government could pound anyone who bothers them if it chose to.