In a TV interview on Sunday, Rick Santorum said that if he is elected President, he will file criminal charges against the distribution of pornography. Santorum specifically referred to “exposure on the Internet,” so presumably he would censor the Internet.
The Internet Police. What a concept.
Santorum complained that President Bush enforced “the law” (probably alluding to the “Child Online Protection Act,” passed in 1998), but President Obama has not. Well, there’s a reason for that. The U.S. Supreme Court held that the law is unconstitutional, and the Court issued its final ruling in that case on the day after President Obama was sworn into office.
But let us give credit where credit is due. A Republican candidate for president finally has come up with a jobs program: policing the Internet for porn. All 50 billion pages of it.
I have a dramatically simpler idea.
Rick, if you’re against pornography, then don’t watch it.
You see how that works? Let me give you some more examples.
If you’re against contraception, don’t use it.
If you’re against abortion, don’t have one.
If you’re against Moslems, don’t become one.
If you’re against gay marriage, don’t have one.
If you’re against unions, don’t join one.
If you’re against universal health care, just keep your distance from doctors and hospitals.
If you’re against homosexuality, then feel free to limit your sexual interest to the 3 billion human beings of the opposite gender.
What I’m basically trying to say to Rick Santorum, and everyone like Rick Santorum, is this: mind your own business.
Courage,
Alan Grayson
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you.” 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (Paul of Tarsus, quoting Jesus)
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Will you be our President?
P.S: What is the Democrat party?
but there is an abnormal quite from Rick who preaches how he is the holiest of all Christians. In fact he will deflect any questions on this as gotcha journalism.. we Rick.. unfortunately for you. We gotcha...
If you’re against procreation, don’t have one.
If you’re against rich, don’t become one.
If you’re against hetero marriage, don’t have one.
If you’re against corporations, don’t join one.
If you’re against personal responsibility, just keep your distance great USA.
Though I think the ethics of personal responsibility as practiced specifically by conservatives is, well, unrealistic and crazy. Personal responsibilty is one thing, what conservatives ask of people for "responsibility" is superhuman. And, no, I'm not keeping my distance from the USA, nor should you be asking people to keep their distance. Though if you REALLY want to go there, maybe conservative with their cruel and absurd notions of "morality" (which is deeply immoral in my view) and with their anti-science should keep their distance and stop bringing down the country. On the other hand, they could just start acting like sensible members of a society.
This would be a good jobs program and could be the start of a new industry, the religification of the internet. It will take many billions of dollars and it could employ all of the 23 million people who are now out of work. In a way, Mr. Santorum is our new FDR giving us a new vision and putting the power of a large central governmenrt behind it. But instead of FDR's roads, bridges, and dams, Mr Santorum will build a world of behavior spys, a constellation of computer screens being stared at by prudes 24/7 keeping us safe from the idea that religion is not the center of our lives. It may make ones skin crawl but it fills a vacuum and it is better than unemployment. And it is better than anything the Democrats have been brave enough to propose.