The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on Porn. And it's looking for a few good agents.
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.
The new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against "manufacturers and purveyors" of pornography -- not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults.
Popular acceptance of hard-core pornography has come a long way, with some of its stars becoming mainstream celebrities and their products -- once confined to seedy shops and theaters -- being "purveyed" by upscale hotels and most home cable and satellite television systems. Explicit sexual entertainment is a profit center for companies including General Motors Corp. and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (the two major owners of DirecTV), Time Warner Inc. and the Sheraton, Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt hotel chains.
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7 comments:
I guess we've won the war on terror then.
Correction: We are WINNING the war on terror. We have never been a "one war" country. We have the war on drugs, poverty, porn, AIDS, and I'm sure I'm missing a few.
I don't know, I just think that stopping people who are trying to kill us should be a higher priority to protecting us from ourselves.
Oh I agree. Yet we can be attacked both physcially ans spiritually. Why is so much porn free? Did you ever wonder what the porn makers get if they give away there product for free? Think about it.
They get people to go to their web sites and pay. Still, law enforcement isn't the answer. Self control is, and if someone doesn't exercise self control, then he has to live with the concequences, if there are any.
Do you believe that all porography should be outlawed?
I'm probably going to shock some people by saying this but No, I don't think all porn should be outlawed. I'm a big believer in personal responsiblity.
However, I do think access to this stuff should be very restricted. To buy tabacco and beer you must show ID, but porn, you just click YES on the over 18 question and no one checks. I don't think it should pop up or come in email or be available to children at the click of a button.
It's an addictive and destructive product and should be treated as such.
People of good will are left to clean up the mess after the divorce, loss of a job or sexual assault. We need to put the brakes on this and hold folks accountable.
I'm probably going to shock some people by saying this but No
I agree.
Personally, I believe the way porn should be erradicated is by eliminating the demand by changing peoples' hearts.
There will always be the depraved among us, but my view is if we outlaw pornography because of our religious beliefs, imposing our moral code on people who do not share our faith, we are no differeint than Muslims who are trying to impose Sharia law on a national level.
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