The LP makes a good point here!!
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20037
World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org
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For release: August 11, 2000
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For additional information:
George Getz, Press Secretary
Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222
E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org
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Should White House staff be imprisoned
for downloading XXX-rated pornography?
WASHINGTON, DC -- News reports that White House staffers have
been downloading massive amounts of explicit XXX-rated pornography from
the Internet suggest that the country needs stricter laws against
cybersmut, the Libertarian Party said today -- laws that just target
politicians and bureaucrats.
"Here's the law we propose: The only people who should be
subject to anti-pornography laws are the hypocritical politicians who
propose them, and their staffs," said the party's national director,
Steve Dasbach.
"After all, if online pornography is really a problem -- and
Bill Clinton and Al Gore keep telling us that it is -- wouldn't
throwing most of the White House staff in jail be a great first step
towards solving that problem?"
This week, the White House was rocked by charges that massive
amounts of hardcore pornography -- including bestiality and "teen" sex
acts -- were downloaded by high-level senior officials, West Wing
presidential personnel, and other staffers.
According to the online publication, WorldNetDaily.com, White
House personnel downloaded so much pornography that at times, it
"accounted for most of the [Internet] traffic coming" into the White
House.
White House spokesman Jake Siewert admitted on Thursday that
some staffers have been "reprimanded" for downloading pornography, and
that there has been a recent "uptick in incidents" involving online
smut. In response, the White House has installed new software filters
to block access to "inappropriate sites," he said.
But software filters aren't enough, countered the Libertarian
Party: Only lengthy prison sentences can protect politicians and
bureaucrats from the addictive lure of online smut.
"Here's what we think would be a fair punishment for these
porn-loving White House personnel: Two years in prison and a $250,000
fine," said Dasbach. "Those are the exact penalties the White House
supported in 1996 in the Communications Decency Act, which would have
criminalized certain kinds of sexually explicit online material.
"We're sure Bill Clinton would agree: If those penalties are
good enough for average Americans, they are certainly good enough for
the White House staff."
Even though the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was struck
down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in 1997, President
Clinton has continued to speak out in favor of "vigorous enforcement of
federal prohibitions" against "obscenity over the Internet."
And Vice President Gore has endorsed "E-Chip" technology to
protect people from the "red light districts in cyberspace."
Now it's time for Clinton and Gore to show they really mean it,
said Dasbach, and vigorously punish the perverted porn-addicts who are
giving the White House an X-rating.
"America has a pornography problem -- and the problem is that
politicians and bureaucrats get away with behavior that would put
ordinary Americans in jail," said Dasbach. "If Clinton and Gore don't
take immediate steps to throw their cybersmut-seeking staffs in jail,
then America will finally have scientific proof about the real danger
of pornography: It causes hardcore hypocrisy."
Frenchy
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Donnez-moi la liberté, ou donnez-moi la mort!
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20037
World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org
===============================
For release: August 11, 2000
===============================
For additional information:
George Getz, Press Secretary
Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222
E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org
===============================
Should White House staff be imprisoned
for downloading XXX-rated pornography?
WASHINGTON, DC -- News reports that White House staffers have
been downloading massive amounts of explicit XXX-rated pornography from
the Internet suggest that the country needs stricter laws against
cybersmut, the Libertarian Party said today -- laws that just target
politicians and bureaucrats.
"Here's the law we propose: The only people who should be
subject to anti-pornography laws are the hypocritical politicians who
propose them, and their staffs," said the party's national director,
Steve Dasbach.
"After all, if online pornography is really a problem -- and
Bill Clinton and Al Gore keep telling us that it is -- wouldn't
throwing most of the White House staff in jail be a great first step
towards solving that problem?"
This week, the White House was rocked by charges that massive
amounts of hardcore pornography -- including bestiality and "teen" sex
acts -- were downloaded by high-level senior officials, West Wing
presidential personnel, and other staffers.
According to the online publication, WorldNetDaily.com, White
House personnel downloaded so much pornography that at times, it
"accounted for most of the [Internet] traffic coming" into the White
House.
White House spokesman Jake Siewert admitted on Thursday that
some staffers have been "reprimanded" for downloading pornography, and
that there has been a recent "uptick in incidents" involving online
smut. In response, the White House has installed new software filters
to block access to "inappropriate sites," he said.
But software filters aren't enough, countered the Libertarian
Party: Only lengthy prison sentences can protect politicians and
bureaucrats from the addictive lure of online smut.
"Here's what we think would be a fair punishment for these
porn-loving White House personnel: Two years in prison and a $250,000
fine," said Dasbach. "Those are the exact penalties the White House
supported in 1996 in the Communications Decency Act, which would have
criminalized certain kinds of sexually explicit online material.
"We're sure Bill Clinton would agree: If those penalties are
good enough for average Americans, they are certainly good enough for
the White House staff."
Even though the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was struck
down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in 1997, President
Clinton has continued to speak out in favor of "vigorous enforcement of
federal prohibitions" against "obscenity over the Internet."
And Vice President Gore has endorsed "E-Chip" technology to
protect people from the "red light districts in cyberspace."
Now it's time for Clinton and Gore to show they really mean it,
said Dasbach, and vigorously punish the perverted porn-addicts who are
giving the White House an X-rating.
"America has a pornography problem -- and the problem is that
politicians and bureaucrats get away with behavior that would put
ordinary Americans in jail," said Dasbach. "If Clinton and Gore don't
take immediate steps to throw their cybersmut-seeking staffs in jail,
then America will finally have scientific proof about the real danger
of pornography: It causes hardcore hypocrisy."
Frenchy
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Donnez-moi la liberté, ou donnez-moi la mort!