For those concerned with Free Speech (or Porn), it is time to get active.

Arguing that pornography should be banned because Ted Bundy killed people is bit like arguing that Christianity should be banned because Daniel Corogeanu crucified a nun. Some people are just plain nuts, and will find an outlet where they can.

I'd be suprised if the administration was really trying to shut down the industry - Not for any quaint reasons about morality or the first amendment (since when did Bush care about them?) but simply because it's a big industry that makes money - Porn is probably a bigger export than cluster munitions, and there's no obvious move to shut down the ordinance firms because kids get their legs blown off.And it's nice to see steps being taken to reduce the exploitation of minors and immigrants (which, no matter how rose-tinted your glasses are, you have to admit is both endemic and immoral).Having said that, I'd agree that the adressing and labling issue is going to cause all sorts of problems, as will the burden on second-tier distributors. I would have thought a central, federally-operated registry of all parties (funded pro-forma by the industry) would have been easier, cheaper and more secure: all you'd need on the material itself would be a file reference.But then, when did common sense have anything to do with government?

Ahh, now there's a reason I hadn't considered. A scary one that wouldn't suprise me at all... Although, you're assuming they don't do that already...(Incedentally, I'm curious: Does "Ugh, ugh, ugh, ooooohhh!" count as 'speech' under the first amendment?" )

Ahh, Ron Pearlman's finest hour. Step aside, Raquel... There's a joke in here somewhere about a certain individual from Crawford, but I'll let you work it out.

Drifting OT slightly, but I had a thought (it does happen):There was a recent study that indicates that watching pronography improves the quality of sperm. Given the instruction to go forth and multiply, does this discovery mean that watching pornography is actually encouraged by scripture?(Probably not, but it's a good excuse.)Incidentally, this only applies to heterosexual pornography. A woman/women with no men doesn't have the same effect, so is still bad and evil and wrong.