PSA from the moderator

[Fflow]

Democracy Inaction

Democracy has its down sides... We were very pleased with ourselves for facilitating democratic elections in Palestine but utterly flummoxed when the people voted Hammas into power. The problem with a democracy is that sometimes the idiots outnumber the smart people and then it becomes a game of influence, which is really a game of money. Supposedly, that was the purpose of the Electoral College.

The bill that produced this new Lit policy was a replacement for one that had been found unconstitutional by the supreme court. That bill, like this one, had broad bi-partisan support. I think this is very important to understand.

While this administration has made more than its share of blunders, our previous administration gave birth to the Telecom act which, in my opinion, has yet to reveal just how harmful to free speech it will be. We may never know the full extent of its harm because it is hard to gauge what doesn't happen.

So, the question I always ask is "What do we do?" I think I'll be making a donation to the ACLU for starters, and writing to my elected officials about the problems this new law has produced for this community. If we don't stand up for ourselves, nobody will.

 

[kittykateater]

Also, the intention of the new law is not to protect children from accessing adult content. It is to prevent child pornography from being distributed. Each image must have a legal document associated with it, proving that the model is of legal age. Pay sites that use professional models maintain these records.

Which makes me wonder all the more why pics of my 51-year-old dick had to be yanked from the Amateur Pics section. In what universe could someone POSSIBLY think this was a pic of a child? LMAO

 

[Fflow]

Which makes me wonder all the more why pics of my 51-year-old dick had to be yanked from the Amateur Pics section. In what universe could someone POSSIBLY think this was a pic of a child? LMAO

It is not Lit's job to discern the authenticity of a given pic. They are following strict content guidelines as set by the federal government. Personally, I think that the law needs to be tested in the courts. I guess that they're just not willing to be the test case. There's always other similar off-shore sites, whose name cannot appear here without modifications, that don't suffer from the same restrictions...

 

[Crazy_Jezabel]

So, the question I always ask is "What do we do?" I think I'll be making a donation to the ACLU for starters, and writing to my elected officials about the problems this new law has produced for this community. If we don't stand up for ourselves, nobody will.

I'm glad you are going to write to the elected officials about what you feel. There are so many people who complain about the the USA laws, but no one (including myself) ever rights to the goverment. We have a democracy which means we have a right to write to the government about how we feel about things (good or bad). I personaly think the democracy is slowly turning into a dictatorship because not enought people use their right to vote and their right to write to the government. I also think this has happened because Bush's people were elected for the SECOND time. I know it's not Bush who completely runs things, but if you vote for Bush you vote for the people who help him do whatever he does.

I only know 3 people who are happy with Bush being President. One of them is my grandfather who voted for him, and the other two are random people I met online who voted for him. My grandfather kind of reminds me of Bush himself and the other two people are for taking women rights away again and are for making guns even easier to get in the USA.

Everyone else I personaly know does not like Bush and the ones I know who are USA citzens did not vote. I was the only one to vote. I keep asking them why they didn't use their right to vote. They say because you are just choosing one evil over another evil or they say my one vote isn't going to help. Well actually their one vote would help because if ALL of them used their right to vote more people would probably have chosen Kerry or a 3rd party.

Us Americans are able to go to school and learn. We should know better than the people in Iraq who aren't able to go to school and learn like us Americans.

 

[cockslave]

ShyGuy. Just like to say sorry you seem to be in the firing line . After all your just doing your job on lit. Hell even you enjoyed visiting some threads with said pics you've had to remove. So your own personal enjoyment has been affected as well. Just think politicians should find more important things to do with their time other than make people miserable...LIKE PREVENT NEEDLESS DEATHS THROUGH WARS.

 

[MsTexas]

ShyGuy. Just like to say sorry you seem to be in the firing line . After all your just doing your job on lit. Hell even you enjoyed visiting some threads with said pics you've had to remove. So your own personal enjoyment has been affected as well. Just think politicians should find more important things to do with their time other than make people miserable...LIKE PREVENT NEEDLESS DEATHS THROUGH WARS.

Well said cockslave!

ShyGuy, you dont hear this enough but you're doing a wonderful job here, I would just like to thank you for all the "personal" time that you have devoted into making Lit a fun place to visit.

 

[cockslave]

Always the same in PR work . The messenger always gets shot......should issue him with a flack jacket! Some of us still like ya ShyGuy68

 

[RawHumor]

I dare say that Bush has very little to do with much of this. I'd say it has more to do with the expansion of the internet into our lives.

When I was in Spain, a coworker of mine talked about downloading movies from the internet rather than renting them.

In the US, such sites are quickly shut down due to copyright infringement.

Is that a violation of that site's freedom of speech or is it a protection of the people who put time and money into the creation of the art?

Comparing having a web site removing pictures for its own protection to having your hand chopped off because you spoke out against the government in charge is quite a stretch, IMO.

 

[Crazy_Jezabel]

Comparing having a web site removing pictures for its own protection to having your hand chopped off because you spoke out against the government in charge is quite a stretch, IMO.

I understand why you have to have your OWN imaages and if they aren't your OWN images you have to have permission from the owner. I understand that rule completely.

The rule that I don't understand is why you can't have your OWN picture be a nude picture. The board is for people who are 18 years and older.

It's the nudity part that people are comparing to having your hand chopped off because you spoke against the government. Don't you think the countries who have your hand chopped off or even kill you because you spoke out against the government started with tiny things like this stuff? And middle eastern countries never claimed themselves to be free. The USA claims themslves to be free.

 

[Crazy_Jezabel]

I also wanted to add that I'm new hear, so I really don't know you ShyGuy since we've never really spoken on here, but I know you are just doing your job and that you are also effected by this. I'm pretty sure that's why you added in that us Americans need to vote.

 

[MsTexas]

I dare say that Bush has very little to do with much of this. I'd say it has more to do with the expansion of the internet into our lives.

When I was in Spain, a coworker of mine talked about downloading movies from the internet rather than renting them.

In the US, such sites are quickly shut down due to copyright infringement.

Is that a violation of that site's freedom of speech or is it a protection of the people who put time and money into the creation of the art?

Comparing having a web site removing pictures for its own protection to having your hand chopped off because you spoke out against the government in charge is quite a stretch, IMO.

I wanna be just like you when I grow up

 

[RawHumor]

I understand why you have to have your OWN imaages and if they aren't your OWN images you have to have permission from the owner. I understand that rule completely.

The rule that I don't understand is why you can't have your OWN picture be a nude picture. The board is for people who are 18 years and older.

It's the nudity part that people are comparing to having your hand chopped off because you spoke against the government. Don't you think the countries who have your hand chopped off or even kill you because you spoke out against the government started with tiny things like this stuff? And middle eastern countries never claimed themselves to be free. The USA claims themslves to be free.

Nudity is allowed, just not pics with overt sexual context, if I recall correctly.

For the record, I'm all in favor of porn. I have quite a twisted brain when it comes to sexual perversions.

I'm just trying to help show why things are the way they are.

 

[RawHumor]

I wanna be just like you when I grow up

Better start on the clit pump right away!

 

[MsTexas]

Better start on the clit pump right away!

Wouldnt spanking me be much easier?

 

[RawHumor]

Wouldnt spanking me be much easier?

Spanking you would be fun for both of us... but if you wanted to literally be like me, then you'll need to transform your clit into a penis.

 

[MsTexas]

Spanking you would be fun for both of us... but if you wanted to literally be like me, then you'll need to transform your clit into a penis.

Ok Ok ... maybe not "just" like you ... I like my clit too much to give it up that easy.

 

[vibes]

Ok Ok ... maybe not "just" like you ... I like my clit too much to give it up that easy.

I think, in principle, Raw likes your clit too to want you to give it up at all

 

[RawHumor]

I think, in principle, Raw likes your clit too to want you to give it up at all

Yeah, I'm all in favor of her clit remaining the size and shape that it is now.

I was just trying to explain my joke from a few posts ago.

 

[MsTexas]

I got it a few posts back ... I'm not blonde yanno

 

[RawHumor]

I got it a few posts back ... I'm not blonde yanno

Maybe not, but your sig line indicates that you are a Playgrounder, so I thought I'd try to speak more slowly.

 

[vibes]

Maybe not, but your sig line indicates that you are a Playgrounder, so I thought I'd try to speak more slowly.

I've seen more + more posts of yours in the PG and its subforums, Raw ... maybe your speed is just fine

 

[MsTexas]

Maybe not, but your sig line indicates that you are a Playgrounder, so I thought I'd try to speak more slowly.

I still like ya even tho you're from the GB

 

[vibes]

I still like ya even tho you're from the GB

have you always posted on the PG?

 

[MsTexas]

have you always posted on the PG?

No ... I started coming to Lit to read the stories, then made my way over to the GB before it got boring with all the un-necessary bashing that goes on over there. I then moved to the Pic section, where I had a pic thread, since thats been deleted, I hang out in the PG but roam the board.

 

[vibes]

No ... I started coming to Lit to read the stories, then made my way over to the GB before it got boring with all the un-necessary bashing that goes on over there. I then moved to the Pic section, where I had a pic thread, since thats been deleted, I hang out in the PG but roam the board.

I was late then