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Leave it up to the individuals
Leave it up to the individuals who are VIEWING the material, to decide what they want to view or not.
Don't put it in the hands of puritan policicos, who will ban everything that doesn't meet with the approval of the church-touting minority.
Actually, most adult sites (the reputable ones) already have front pages that say "Do not enter this site unless you are 18 or over. Contains sexually explicit material. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, and if you enter, you are signing a legally binding agreement saying you are 18.

And I for one don't agree that child porn should be illegal. I think that we should give ALL people the right to decide for themselves whether they want to have sex or not, and if they want to be videotaped or photographed having sex or not, and that includes children.

People keep on using the 'children are naive/stupid' arguement, but I have to say that I haven't seen many adults that act very smart in their day-to-day lives.
Who is to decide who is naive or not? One person might say a child in naive for getting into a sexual action with an adult, while another might have all the facts and realize "Hey, this child knows more about sex and sexual diseases than I do. He isn't naive, I AM!"
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Possible problem ...  worknman | 01/19/06
parental guidance problem not web problem  wageearner | 01/19/06
There are more important things for Congress to be doing.  mobrien_12@... | 01/19/06
There's no such thing as an age test  Nigel Johnstone | 01/20/06
They would have to put in a bypass for adults  Leria | 01/24/06
A simple definition  Roger Ramjet | 01/20/06
What about cartoons and drawings?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/20/06
Actually, no he hasn't  Leria | 01/24/06
Wow, that's leanient  nucrash | 01/20/06
Who defines "illegal"?  B. Short | 01/20/06
Leave it up to the individuals  Leria | 01/24/06
XXX domain  Roger Ramjet | 01/20/06
What about art...?  nucrash | 01/20/06
Not nude  Roger Ramjet | 01/20/06
Funny how...  nucrash | 01/20/06
What about medical?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/20/06
All I learned about sex, I learned from  nucrash | 01/20/06
I learned from the girl down the street.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/20/06
Actually the list is rather short  too_much green_tea | 01/20/06
RE: XXX domain by Roger Ramjet  btljooz | 01/21/06
Manufactured distraction from corruption...  shadar | 01/20/06
Republicans  Henrick Ericcson | 01/21/06
Oh my Gawd, lil Johnny seen a tittie. End of the world!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/20/06
EXACTLY! He's gonna see them SOMETIME in his life anyway...  btljooz | 01/21/06
EXACTLY right!  Leria | 01/24/06
on the other hand...  shraven | 01/25/06
Never thought it would happen  GrumpyOldMan | 01/24/06
And here I thought they were worried about..  nucrash | 01/20/06
What's really going on  Henrick Ericcson | 01/21/06
Ye$ they do have Bigger Plan$!!!  btljooz | 01/21/06
Would be About as Effective as CAN SPAM  GeneBuettner | 01/20/06
Senators threaten new parent crackdown as well?  Boot_Agnostic | 01/20/06
Perhaps they should mandate women wear burqas.  B.O.F.H. | 01/20/06
Perhaps this is the semators worst vision:  B.O.F.H. | 01/20/06
BOFH  btljooz | 01/21/06
Quite True  Leria | 01/24/06
this is pointless  laxman2001 | 01/20/06
If kids want porn, they do NOT _____necessarily_____ NEED a Computer to  btljooz | 01/21/06
The REAL reason for this:  btljooz | 01/21/06
You are right on the money  Leria | 01/24/06
so pass it already.  shraven | 01/25/06

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