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Posted 07/23/08 at 05:09pm
lumi: GP, you should mention you'll be filing a legal injunction against him if he doesn't comply. Phoenix Wright will be attached
lumi: GP, you should mention you'll be filing a legal injunction against him if he doesn't comply. Phoenix Wright will be attached
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:32pm
Alteffor: You should add a section to the site for anything Jack CC's to you. It's always entertaining to read the stuff he writes.
Alteffor: You should add a section to the site for anything Jack CC's to you. It's always entertaining to read the stuff he writes.
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:31pm
Matriculated: Does anyone know when the Supreme Court reaches their decission?
Matriculated: Does anyone know when the Supreme Court reaches their decission?
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:04pm
Freyar: I demand to see this letter! (Not that I have any grounds to demand on.)
Freyar: I demand to see this letter! (Not that I have any grounds to demand on.)
Posted 07/23/08 at 02:53pm
gamepolitics: JT called me a "sock puppet" in an e-mail to Hal Halpin... i gave him 24 hours to retract it, LOL
gamepolitics: JT called me a "sock puppet" in an e-mail to Hal Halpin... i gave him 24 hours to retract it, LOL
Posted 07/23/08 at 02:46pm
Haggard: Might want to take a look at what Anthony Horowitz wrote about GTA IV in the Telegraph, article seems to have been taken down
Haggard: Might want to take a look at what Anthony Horowitz wrote about GTA IV in the Telegraph, article seems to have been taken down
Posted 07/23/08 at 01:05pm
Silencets: Beutiful. I always did wonder about Jacko Wacko
Silencets: Beutiful. I always did wonder about Jacko Wacko
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:24am
Matriculated: So Jack (an anti-gay activist) PAYED for gay porn
Matriculated: So Jack (an anti-gay activist) PAYED for gay porn
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:22am
Matriculated: [i]...and purchased membership.[/i]
Matriculated: [i]...and purchased membership.[/i]
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:21am
Matriculated: [i] few months later, as part of his ongoing campaign against Kent, Thompson followed links to gay porn on Kent's website[/i]
Matriculated: [i] few months later, as part of his ongoing campaign against Kent, Thompson followed links to gay porn on Kent's website[/i]
Posted 07/23/08 at 07:40am
sortableturnip: Jack's at it again: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/07/jack_thompson_faces_permanent.php
sortableturnip: Jack's at it again: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/07/jack_thompson_faces_permanent.php
Posted 07/22/08 at 11:22pm
PHOENIXZERO: Ugh, that CNBC program "Play to Win" is it? Is on again...
PHOENIXZERO: Ugh, that CNBC program "Play to Win" is it? Is on again...
Posted 07/22/08 at 09:34pm
ZippyDSM: todayin zippy land:after spending 8 hours working on my AC unit yesterday it finally died today. theres go 300$ I don't have...tin trailers are ovens in the summer >>
ZippyDSM: todayin zippy land:after spending 8 hours working on my AC unit yesterday it finally died today. theres go 300$ I don't have...tin trailers are ovens in the summer >>
Posted 07/22/08 at 09:17pm
Cheater87: http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/132121.20080723.Saints-Row-2-uncensored-in-Australia/
Cheater87: http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/132121.20080723.Saints-Row-2-uncensored-in-Australia/
Posted 07/22/08 at 08:37pm
GRIZZAM PRIME: Never had a Dreamcast. My first actual console was a Playstation.
GRIZZAM PRIME: Never had a Dreamcast. My first actual console was a Playstation.
Posted 07/22/08 at 05:43pm
HarmlessBunny: My Dreamcast still has Soul Calibur in it...that used to be addictive *shivers* Must feed addiction....
HarmlessBunny: My Dreamcast still has Soul Calibur in it...that used to be addictive *shivers* Must feed addiction....
Posted 07/22/08 at 05:11pm
Austin_Lewis: My dreamcast is hooked up with Shenmue in it, but it hasn't been played in a long while.
Austin_Lewis: My dreamcast is hooked up with Shenmue in it, but it hasn't been played in a long while.
Posted 07/22/08 at 04:45pm
KayleL: My dreamcast is still hooked up to the TV, but since I was young when I got it, most discs are badly scratched
KayleL: My dreamcast is still hooked up to the TV, but since I was young when I got it, most discs are badly scratched
Posted 07/22/08 at 02:34pm
SimonBob: Technically, you still got money for hit-n-runs, same as the modern GTAs. But you didn't have to leave the car to pick it up.
SimonBob: Technically, you still got money for hit-n-runs, same as the modern GTAs. But you didn't have to leave the car to pick it up.
Posted 07/22/08 at 01:07pm
GryphonOsiris: Dreamcast, man, now there is a blast from the past.
GryphonOsiris: Dreamcast, man, now there is a blast from the past.
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Even if this bill is passed it won't do anything.
Why?
The Miller test it's patterned after does nothing. Nobody understands what obscenity is, legally, and apparently that includes legislators. The obscenity of pornography means it can't be sold AT ALL. It means that the government is allowed to use prior restraint to pull its publication and it isn't considered a violation of the first amendment.
Even with pornography, this practically never happens. So why does anyone think that pursuing this line of reasoning with something as mundane as simple violence is going to do anyone any good.
What they NEED to pattern it after if they want to get somewhere is the laws that states have forbidding the sale of pornography to minors. This has nothing to do with the miller test OR obscenity. It has its own definitions of pornography that are considerably more mild than the Miller test for obscenity.
Idiots.