Month: August 2007

  • Porn and the Department of Justice

    The Department of Justice wants the porn industry to give them some photos.

    JENNA JAMESON<BR>She’d be in head count.” src=”http://www.nypost.com/seven/08192007/photos/news015b.jpg” width=223 border=0 name=SLIDESIMG></A></P><P>The Department of Justice wants the porn industry to produce a list of every porn star in the U.S.  They will give penalties to the producers if they don’t give them the list.</P><P>The new rule was developed from the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act.  It would require the porn industry to “keep photos, stage names, professional names, maiden names, aliases, nicknames and age” of those involved in porn movies.  The idea is protect minors from participating in making porn.</P><P>Those in the porn industry feel that the new rule violates their First Amendment rights.  Here is the link:  <A href=Link

    Does it violate the rights of the porn industry to make them turn over a list of information and photos of those involved in the porn industry?

                                                                                

  • Britney Spears and Airbrushing

    Britney Spears did a photoshoot recently.  The photos themselves are said to have been airbrushed.

    Here is the link:  Link

    If you were doing a photoshoot for a magazine, would you want them to airbrush you to look your best?

     

  • Murder and Teaching

    A school board in Montreal has been ordered to rehire a teacher that was fired.  The teacher didn’t disclose that he killed his wife in 1990.  He pleaded guilt to the crime and was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

    The school board found out in 2004 that he had killed his wife and fired him.  The school board was ordered to rehire him because the crime did not relate in any way to his work.  He was hired to teach electronics to adults at a trade school.  Here is the link:  Link

    Does murdering his wife relate to his job as a teacher?

     

  • College

    If money was not an issue, what college would you want to attend or would have wanted to attend?

         

  • Risktaking

    Do you consider yourself a risktaker?

     

  • Late-Term Abortions

    Recently I indicated that it was still possible to have a late-term abortion.  Several people suggested in their comments that late-term abortions were no longer possible because of a ban of partial-birth abortions.

    Check this out:  Link

     

  • Facebook and Racism

    A campaign is rallying people on Facebook.

    Ku Klux

    Thousands are said to have joined together to have racist images and postings removed from Facebook.  In fact, more than 2,000 have signed a petition in support of having racist material removed.  Here is the link:  Link

    Should social networks remove racist postings and images from their sites?

     

  • Young Marriage

    In the great state of Arkansas, you can now get married even if you are a toddler if you have the consent of your parents.

    (The above girl is not currently married).

    Here is the link:  Link

    What is the youngest that you think a young person should be allowed to get married with parent consent?

     

  • America

    This is a free country where anyone can say anything they want.  But it feels like we spend an inordinate amount of time being critical of ourselves.  We always say what is wrong with the U.S.  And yet so many people want to be here.

    Is it me, or are we hard on ourselves?

     

     

  • Family

    Photo

    Have you ever considered a pet to be a member of your family?