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- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -2/+317The poster missed a golden opportunity to have this story link to a Goatse page.
- mirek, on 10/12/2007, -6/+184goto http://goatse.cx to report offenders.
- Krane, on 10/12/2007, -23/+180(a) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 4 years, or both.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as “sex” or “porn”, is not misleading.
Mean while (ok, sometime ago) Bush administration rejects the .XXX domain meant for the porn sites. Double standards or WTF? - jknight, on 10/12/2007, -12/+150Spellchecker: Priceless
- Tialys, on 10/12/2007, -26/+162ICANN rejected .xxx, not Bush. Check your facts.
- truspector, on 10/12/2007, -3/+103and just like every other internet "law" it will be totally unenforceable.
- noodlez, on 10/12/2007, -17/+111its specifically designed to protect minors from stuff like goatse. which, imho, isn't a bad idea, per se.
but i feel that its probably worded poorly and will be a danger to internet freedoms. haven't read it, though. but given the history of internet debates/legislation, the lawmakers know nothing - dbre2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+89whats goats....OH DEAR GOD NO
- omaryak, on 10/12/2007, -19/+89ICANN may have done the rejection, but the Bush administration was responsible.
http://news.com.com/Bush+administration+objects+to+.xxx+domains/2100-1028_3-5833764.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,196608,00.html - justthisguyyano, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71Goodbye Whitehouse.com
- Xalorous, on 10/12/2007, -3/+63No, you didn't read it all. It's specifically designed to prevent misleading someone else into viewing 'obscene material.'
What I want to know is, "Why in the hell are we spending tax dollars worrying about morality?"
Legislating morality is a waste of time and money. Fire the SOB's that put this law forward and use the money to reform the government. - wtfdan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+61Hello, Police? Uber1337guy just sent me a link that went to this guy spreading his anus!!! What are you going to do about this?!
- omaryak, on 10/12/2007, -6/+50Read the story. It's not just for minors; it's for everyone.
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -18/+62Free speach: important.
Goatse links: not important. - fjc8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42so according to the text of the law, instead of using domain names, you can just link to IP addresses instead?
- ScornForSega, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45Anyone know which Senator this was?
I've got a few mailing lists I'd like to sign him up for. - da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34Wait is it illegal to mail someone a letter with a picture of Goastse with something like URGENT NOTICE on the outside? because if not I know one senator is getting a face full of man ass if not. Also I wonder if I can figure out a way for the letter to multiply and start shouting "look everybody I'm watching gay porn! look everybody! I'm WATCHING GAY PORN!!!"... god I hate my friends *laugh*.
- JayG25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Good, its about time someone did something about Goatse! I am now going to have my friend thrown into a PMITA Jail for 10 years.
- computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28Walk into the White House and yell "Common Sense"
- Kazaki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Wow. Both A and B say the same thing.
Or are minors not people anymore? - Araya213, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Tubgirl is gonna get lonely as well.
- danielxmorris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Actually, looking at this, it's innacurate, I read on Google News earlier today that it is actually against the use of words such as "Barbie, Furby, etc" in the meta tags or content of a sexually explicit website. Free speech isn't technically under threat here.
You had me all worked up, tut tut.
Edit: Here's a link, http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/26/1223212 - synaesthesia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23The absence of goatse will leave a large, glistening hole gaping wide open in my heart. When I think of possibly losing tubgirl, a gushing geyser of misery bursts forth from my soul... This is terrible.
- dancpsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21only if you talk out of your ass
- blaineg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25oh no!! whats going to happen to all my goatse links!??!1
/sarcasm - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25You can spell Goatse properly but not "speech"?
Wow, we're definitely in trouble. - rprouse, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23I guess that reporting it to the police will be illegal too since you will need to send them the link :O
- Puttzy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26how does one report an offender?
- Brak710101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22One word: Unenforceable.
Court speaker: "Next case, United States Vs. Monkeyman193." - Nyana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19That is the best summary I have ever read.
"I WAS TRYING TO GET BEASTIALITY BUT I GOT ANUS STRETCHING INSTEAD"
I'd love to see someone take that to court. - eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -18/+36Hooray for not living in the states
- da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18THAT SITE WASN'T helpful at all :'( looks like a picture of a horse that got shot with a .50 cal... I'm gonna go throw up and file a lawsuit, I figured it was just a goat themed complait form
- got-haggis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19i guess no more lemonparty either!
- LoungeActx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15If you were ever to get busted for this, you could make the arguement that it infringes upon the first ammendment, and if you had the time, and the money, you'd be able to take this as high as the Supreme Court if you'd like, but you'd probably end up winning your case much earlier than that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Just wait 'til that Senator get pranked with the Maze link.
http://www.winterrowd.com/maze/ - DarknessGP, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19exactly. They can't stop pirates how do they expect to stop this?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Just leave tubgirl out of this!!
/pukes - distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18"A" should go, 'cause that would take a lot of the fun out of the internet.
B and C are cool, but Goatse is meant to sound like "goat sex" so I don't even think it would apply to C - HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -23/+36So you like goatse sites, then? I'm glad you don't live here either, ya' perv.
- dunezone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I know, who would of thought a party full of lemons could of been so bad.
- thetaco82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Goat sex? Try: Guy Opens Ass To Show Everyone
- da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17at Kazaki:
Not legaly, kinda like native people used to not be... and after that black people... and after that women... and after that asian americans during WWII... but now it's just minors and consumers that don't have rights... oh and illegal aliens. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Whew, I thought I was the only one who actually thought this was a good idea. It is entirely consistent with preventing people from walking around with nude posters in the town square. This is equivalent to somebody physically jumping out nude and stretching their ***** to somebodies' little daughter. You simply can't do that. Just because the internet provides a less personal interface, what you do is not in a vacuum not affecting other people.
(Even if you jumped out in front of an adult, it is still wrong, and seeing as there is no way to target who is most likely to click the link name "Cute Fluffy Bunny" you have to assumed a child will access it unknowingly) - Cerberus047, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16That aint cool because goatse is a rite of passage to the internet.... we all remember the first time we saw it and we all remember the 5 people we showed it to next
Take away goatse would be like shutting down the internet... the tubes might implode!!! - MattyLite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12How is a name that phonetically sounds like "Goat Sex" misleading based on the site's content? Unless someone was looking for beastiality and was surprised with anus holding, I fail to see how this law applies.
- SuicideMouse, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18I agree! Canada FTW!
Goatse links may not be important (even though very fun to use against people) but our freedoms on the Internet are being taken away and no matter what the freedom is I want to keep it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15I'm going to move to canada and goatse the rest of you. :p
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16So Republican politicians are the only ones wanting to limit free speech, huh? Let me introduce you to some people named Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman...
- rprouse, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16It is understandable that the senator is upset because he only just realized that his ex-wife leaked a picture of him and it ended up on goatse ;) It kinda gives Internet tubes a new meaning eh!
- yomomo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10That would be Senators Patrick Leahy, Democrat, and Orin Hatch Republican.
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200302/022403.html -
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