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Originally posted by Undertoad
And according to FBI officials, "nothing is off limits... even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains."

This is an outrage. The "Real Sex" show is a great show. It shows real people in real situations regarding sexuality, and shows that nothing is "bad" or "unhealthy" about sex.

"Ashcroft, a religious man who does not drink alcohol or caffeine, smoke, gamble or dance..."

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Ah ha! He's just mad because he's boring as all hell. :p

""I think a lot of adults would say this is not what they had in mind, spending millions of dollars and the time of the courts and FBI agents and postal inspectors and prosecutors investigating what consenting adults are doing and watching." "

Precisely.

"Obscenity cases came to a standstill under Janet Reno, President Bill Clinton's attorney general, who focused on child pornography, which is considered child abuse and comes under different criminal statutes. The ensuing years saw an explosion of porn, so much so that critics say that Americans' tolerance for sexually explicit material rivals that of Europeans."

Maybe because Europeans have a much better outlook on nudity and sex. They are probably STILL laughing their asses off at the US for the whole Janet boobgate incident...

"In 2001, though, one interesting case emerged from St. Charles County, Mo., the heart of Ashcroft's conservative Missouri base. First Amendment lawyer Cambria defended a video store there against state charges that it was renting two obscene videotapes that depicted group sex, anal sex and sex with objects.

Cambria won, convincing a jury of 12 women, all between the ages of 40 and 60, that the tapes had educational value and helped reduce inhibitions. They reached the verdict in less than three hours."

See? Porn can be eduational.

"Either way, Nguyen, father of a 2-year-old girl, and his co-workers spend their days scouring the Internet for the most obscene material, following leads sent in by citizens and tracking pornographers operating under different names. The job wears on them all, day after day, so much so that the obscenity division has recently set up in-house counseling for them to talk about what they're seeing and how it is affecting them."

Nguyen: "Oh please help me! I saw some pornagraphic material...and I wasn't offended by it! In fact, it made me horny as all hell!!! Oh, what do I do????"

Yeah, I'm sure he and his co-workers are taking notes...