With all due respect, this is Ridiculous.

June 2, 2008 12:06 pm

by Jeff Emanuel · 55 comments

With all due respect to Rep. Paul Broun, this is simply ridiculous. From a message I got this morning:

Subject: Family Fragments :: Fighting Pornography, Saving the Family: Are you subsidizing pornography?

Rep. Broun (GA-10) has submitted HR 5821 which would remove pornography from PX and BX shops on military bases. Most products at these shops are subsidized by your tax dollars.

Recent peer reviewed research shows that men who view pornography are 3 times more likely to have an affair. Our military families have a difficult enough time as it is without having to deal with the psychological effects of pornography addiction.

Help support Congressman Broun. Tell your representative to sign on as a co-sponsor of HR 5821.

Now, I’m largely a fan of Paul Broun, but this is really — for lack of a better word — dumb.

The only “pornography” permitted to be sold at military bases is Playboy magazine — hence the roaring trade in sex “literature” and video shops just outside of military base gates the country and world over.

Surely there is something better that a Constitutionally-governing Representative like Paul Broun could be focusing on than further sexually frustrating American service men and women, while attempting to hold them to a higher reading-material standard than the rest of the nation.

Further, speaking of “peer-reviewed studies,” I’d be interested in seeing one that evaluated the prevalence of print-pornography consumption vs. that of online pornography. I’m betting that the latter is far more commonly viewed, including on military bases.

Is an on-post cyberfilter going to be the next suggestion from the usually-libertarian-leaning Rep. Broun?

{ 55 comments }

BubbaRich June 3, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Isn’t Catholicism already illegal in Georgia?

Bill Greene June 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm

It will never pass.

Democrats will not allow it to pass because it will sacrifice some of their temporary power as the majority of pushing out last minute legislation before public outcry can be raised.

On the other hand, Republicans will never pass when they regain the majority because it will sacrifice some of their power to push out last minute legislation before public outcry is raised.

Doug, exactly. This is not the Republican Party I used to know. I guess I’m just naive, but I actually believed all that stuff about the GOP being the party of lower taxes and less government.

I just finished watching McCain giving his “important” speech, and am about to watch Obama give his “important” speech. Or, wait, was it the other way around? All the talk about the great stuff government needs to do for everyone, I get confused.

Doug Deal June 3, 2008 at 9:17 pm

Bill Greene,

Sadly, people demand everything from the government these days, except to be left alone.

Chris June 4, 2008 at 6:58 am

I demand the Government made Doug stop bothering me with his talk I disagree with.

Doug Deal June 4, 2008 at 7:33 am

Chris

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So please keep that in mind for next time.

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