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Well, on a local level, I can't have a bloody mary with my brunch on Sunday at the Dew Drop Inn.

I am kinda leery about using my Visa to pay for salacious books (Exit to Eden type stuff and Barbara Cartlandt romances, mostly) at the local bookstore. Thanks, USA PATRIOT Act!

The local police like to take pictures of people at environmental and labor rallies. The people at Young Americans for Freedom and Promise Keepers events? Not so much.

Our schools don't teach sex ed anymore.

A county commissioner likes to have his church group demonstrate outside the Blockbuster when a movie with nekked women in it is released in VHS/DVD.

Some bastard keeps taking the shady parking spot in front of my office, and he has a W sticker on his rear window. With a Calvin praying in front of a cross sticker next to it.

for Not Me
 

Thanks. You know, I never get tired of looking at that one.

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And I thought you were Mr. Censorship Is Bad.

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I admit, I pay cash for some of my more outre movie and book purchases. But then, I always did. I also watch how I use my MetroCard, my building pass cards, library card, internet accounts, etc. Always did. If the Patriot Act has made people more aware of (or paranoid about) how easy it is to track all kinds of private stuff, well, I can't say I think that's a bad thing. 'Cause, whether the regs say they can track it or not, the information is there, so they can.

BR(hunkering down to sneak under the radar of the Black Helicopters)C

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I am. I just don't know what has been censored by the social conservatives. The only thing I can remember is the Howard Stern fines, but those occured during both DEM and GOP administrations so I'm not sure it is a really a social conservative issue.

for Not Me
 

Take it to the Fatty Board.

Another Endoresement for Bush!!
 

They are just using reverse psychology to get people to vote for Kerrey.

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Janet Jackson, Howard Stern, that FOX reality show -- there's much more emphasis on this stuff recently, and the fines are larger. The effect is that you never see stuff you might want to watch, since speech is chilled.

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Where do you live? My bet is that the blue laws there are a function of historical precedents rather than anything else. In CA, you can't get served after 2:00 a.m. Seems to be that these are all just degrees of limits that are not really caused by the social conservatives.

You should be, but not because of the Patriot Act. See BRC's post.

How is this an infringement on your freedom?

Nor should they. Parents should teach that. Or the internet, depending on your preference. But I would not want some hack teacher teaching my kids anything about sex. They have enough trouble teaching real subjects.

Are you serious? Do you realize what you are saying here? You would curtail their rights to free speech in favor of your rights of what, convenience?

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Janet, while I don't agree with the fines or the chilling, I can kind of understand. What is the fox issue?

Another Endoresement for Bush!!
 

Gosh. Those swarthies sure are crafty!

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A $1.2 million fine proposed. See here.

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Yea, that's bullshit, but I guess I still don't see it as a function of the social conservatives. The FCC has been fining this kind of stuff for decades.

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I don't think so. At least not like they have recently. As the article says, the FCC has been cracking down since the Janet Jackson thing.

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I'm taking up a collection. Send me money, and I will buy the nicest case of wine I can with it, drink the wine, and send the cork to the Kerry campaign for them to put in THZ's mouth until after the election. I figure I can get bipartisan support for this one.

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