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10-20-2004, 07:09 PM
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Originally posted by sgtclub
Please tell me how the how social GOP affects your daily life in an adverse way. Abortion is legal. What other complaints do you have.
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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. |
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10-20-2004, 07:15 PM
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Too Lazy to Google
Join Date: Nov 2003
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for Not Me
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Originally posted by andViolins
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Thanks. You know, I never get tired of looking at that one.
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10-20-2004, 07:16 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally posted by sgtclub
Please tell me how the how social GOP affects your daily life in an adverse way. Abortion is legal. What other complaints do you have.
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And I thought you were Mr. Censorship Is Bad.
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10-20-2004, 07:19 PM
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In my dreams ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Originally posted by Not Bob
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!
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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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10-20-2004, 07:19 PM
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Serenity Now
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
And I thought you were Mr. Censorship Is Bad.
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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. |
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10-20-2004, 07:22 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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for Not Me
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Originally posted by Not Me
Thanks. You know, I never get tired of looking at that one.
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Take it to the Fatty Board.
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-20-2004, 07:23 PM
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Too Lazy to Google
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Another Endoresement for Bush!!
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Originally posted by dtb
This ought to make the Bushies proud.
Iran endorses a second Bush term as better for Teheran's interests.
How come none of you Bush supporters pointed this out?
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They are just using reverse psychology to get people to vote for Kerrey.
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10-20-2004, 07:23 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally posted by sgtclub
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.
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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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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-20-2004, 07:23 PM
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Serenity Now
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Originally posted by Not Bob
Well, on a local level, I can't have a bloody mary with my brunch on Sunday at the Dew Drop Inn.
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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.
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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!
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You should be, but not because of the Patriot Act. See BRC's post.
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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.
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How is this an infringement on your freedom?
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Our schools don't teach sex ed anymore.
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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.
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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.
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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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10-20-2004, 07:24 PM
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Serenity Now
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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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Janet, while I don't agree with the fines or the chilling, I can kind of understand. What is the fox issue? |
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10-20-2004, 07:26 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Appalaichan Trail
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Another Endoresement for Bush!!
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Originally posted by Not Me
They are just using reverse psychology to get people to vote for Kerrey.
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Gosh. Those swarthies sure are crafty! |
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10-20-2004, 07:33 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally posted by sgtclub
Janet, while I don't agree with the fines or the chilling, I can kind of understand. What is the fox issue?
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A $1.2 million fine proposed. See here.
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-20-2004, 07:41 PM
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Serenity Now
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Caption Contest
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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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10-20-2004, 07:44 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally posted by sgtclub
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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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-20-2004, 07:51 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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send me your $$$
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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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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