Recruits Sought For Porn Squad
This is beyond stupid.
Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.
By all means, let's divert some resources from locating and arresting terrorists, criminals, and hackers for some 50's-era porn crusade. The truly sad thing is that they're not even going after child pornographers - they're going after the adult stuff.
But Gonzales endorses the rationale of predecessor Meese: that adult pornography is a threat to families and children. Christian conservatives, long skeptical of Gonzales, greeted the pornography initiative with what the Family Research Council called "a growing sense of confidence in our new attorney general."
What the fuck is it with these religious conservatives that they have to interfere with everyone else's lives? This is so simple: if you don't like pornography, don't view it. Don't read it, don't watch it, don't listen to it. Nobody is forcing you to. This is the conservatives' favorite strategy, to create a false crisis in order to get people to abandon common sense. Oh no, Saddam has nukes, let's invade! Oh no, the terrorists could be anywhere, let's throw away civil liberties! Oh no, little Johnny might see some boobies on HBO, let's arrest the pornographers!
How bizarre is it that as the rest of the world slowly becomes more and more civilized and enlightened, America keeps regressing?
This is beyond stupid.
Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.
By all means, let's divert some resources from locating and arresting terrorists, criminals, and hackers for some 50's-era porn crusade. The truly sad thing is that they're not even going after child pornographers - they're going after the adult stuff.
But Gonzales endorses the rationale of predecessor Meese: that adult pornography is a threat to families and children. Christian conservatives, long skeptical of Gonzales, greeted the pornography initiative with what the Family Research Council called "a growing sense of confidence in our new attorney general."
What the fuck is it with these religious conservatives that they have to interfere with everyone else's lives? This is so simple: if you don't like pornography, don't view it. Don't read it, don't watch it, don't listen to it. Nobody is forcing you to. This is the conservatives' favorite strategy, to create a false crisis in order to get people to abandon common sense. Oh no, Saddam has nukes, let's invade! Oh no, the terrorists could be anywhere, let's throw away civil liberties! Oh no, little Johnny might see some boobies on HBO, let's arrest the pornographers!
How bizarre is it that as the rest of the world slowly becomes more and more civilized and enlightened, America keeps regressing?
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