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Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 04:02 AM
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Posted By Levin
I think we're invested in the world going down...

I think we're invested in the world going down hill b/c it makes us feel better about ourselves, our brightness becomes more evident as the world gets darker.

As far as redeeming the world, I...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:48 AM
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Posted By Levin
Good point, Creekster. We take a chance of...

Good point, Creekster. We take a chance of error and mistake with every criminal enforcement decision we make. On most issues, a great majority, I'll choose, like you, the ounce of prevention. ...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:43 AM
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Posted By Levin
Not sure how to deal with the foreign host sites....

Not sure how to deal with the foreign host sites. They're making it accessible in our country, but they are broadcasting it from a different country. If I stood on the Canadian side of the border...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:28 AM
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Posted By Levin
Mike, I have to tell you that I can't stand...

Mike,

I have to tell you that I can't stand Buttars either; CAN'T STAND HIM. A scornful man. He looks like a toad in your avatar; it makes me sick.
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:23 AM
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Posted By Levin
Holy crap, where'd you get that I'd ban "all...

Holy crap, where'd you get that I'd ban "all porn" from. I wouldn't do that to you, Mike.

I said I would have liked some obscenity prosecutions in the 1990s to push back against the Internet...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:21 AM
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Posted By Levin
Me too. Explain the your irony comment...

Me too.

Explain the your irony comment please?
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:17 AM
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Posted By Levin
No, that when conditions get sucky enough, the...

No, that when conditions get sucky enough, the oppressors will get booted out of office and hopefully some changes will be made.

By the way, we need to set some boundaries: I'm talking about...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:14 AM
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Posted By Levin
Don't agree with you here; you guys have...

Don't agree with you here; you guys have misplaced the irony; you guy are swimming in the unintentional ironic soup right now. The Supreme Court's review of statutes for constitutionality is an...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:03 AM
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Posted By Levin
Thanks for helping me make my case.

Thanks for helping me make my case.
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 03:03 AM
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Posted By Levin
I agree with everything you're saying, Creekster....

I agree with everything you're saying, Creekster.

You and Mike initially argued against the child porn law b/c prosecutorial discretion is bad. I thought that was a bad place to start an...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 02:57 AM
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Posted By Levin
It's a moot point now. Back in the mid-'90s,...

It's a moot point now. Back in the mid-'90s, when Internet pornography was taking off, there was a chance to hold the line at what we all would generally call obscene from that which is irredeemably...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 01:50 AM
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Posted By Levin
This issue is tricky in criminal law: they have...

This issue is tricky in criminal law: they have to be specific enough so that I know what is against the law before hand (due process), but they don't want it so narrow that they miss a lot of bad...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 01:46 AM
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Posted By Levin
And of course the statute isn't even being...

And of course the statute isn't even being applied against the ignorant virtual pornographer; it's being applied, like most federal statutes, against the really bad guys and gals.
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 01:41 AM
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Posted By Levin
Now I'll respond specifically to the child...

Now I'll respond specifically to the child pornography case pending before the Supreme Court:

The statute prohibits advertising, promoting, presenting, distributing or soliciting material in a...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 01:21 AM
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Posted By Levin
Mike, you've got a non-sequitor here, but...

Mike, you've got a non-sequitor here, but whatever:

So the idea that it's a huge problem for law enforcement to have too much discretion is pretty laughable if you know anything about modern...
Forum: Current Events 03-06-2008, 01:15 AM
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Posted By Levin
Creekster: "I can tell you that no one should...

Creekster: "I can tell you that no one should ever have to have their life in the hands of prosecutorial discretion."

First response:

Your life is always in the hands of prosecutorial...
Forum: Current Events 03-05-2008, 11:02 PM
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Posted By Levin
I don't have time now, but I have a few...

I don't have time now, but I have a few responses; interesting topic.
Forum: Current Events 03-05-2008, 08:18 PM
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Posted By Levin
But the volume of pictures was astounding/utterly...

But the volume of pictures was astounding/utterly depressing. If the production is not getting stamped out, then neither is the trading and possessing.
Forum: Current Events 03-05-2008, 08:00 PM
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Posted By Levin
Let's hope the Justices on the Supreme Court read...

Let's hope the Justices on the Supreme Court read this news story; they have a pending case before them, post-oral argument; it's in the opinion writing stage. The issue is whether the federal...
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