Ashcroft's New Old War

[St Leo]

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During the Clinton administration, Attorney General Janet Reno largely eschewed adult obscenity prosecutions, focusing instead on combating child pornography and online predators.

Ashcroft, whose political reputation was one of strict social conservatism, drew notice by the pornography industry in his first year on the job, when his department paid $8,000 for curtains to drape a bare-breasted statue, Spirit of Justice, and a male counterpart, Majesty of Law, at its headquarters in Washington.

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Ashcroft's priorities are wonderful.

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Earlier this month, Mary Beth Buchanan, the chief federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh, filed a 10-count criminal charge against two owners of Extreme Associates, an adult-video operation based in Los Angeles that bills itself as "The Hardest Hard Core on the Web."

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Yes, suing a California company from Pittsburgh is an honourable thing for Ashcroft to do.

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Aug. 27— Rob Zicari and his fiancée, Janet Romano, arrived at a Pittsburgh courthouse this morning to face the first major federal prosecution for obscenity in more than a decade. Earlier this month, they were indicted and today they were arraigned on 10 counts relating to the production and distribution by mail of obscene materials. They each face 50 years in prison and a fine of up to $2.5 million.

"We're facing more time than the guy that they just arrested that was trying to sell the surface-to-air missile," said Zicari.

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I can't believe the nerve of Zicari comparing corrupting the minds of billions opting to watch his films with something as minor as murdering the passengers and crew of an airliner.

/me wonders how an AdultFi equivalent of Ray Bradbury's Usher II short story would play out:P

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Democrats have no backbone.

[chequita guevara]

So Ashcroft's finally launched his inquisition? It was scheduled to start a little less than two years ago . . . on 9/11. Unfortunately, the universe had other plans.

We need to destroy the Christian right, utterly.

[mrmitchell]

Ashcroft

But they paid $8,000 for drapes just to cover a statue!? He should be thrown out for fiscal mismanagement, not for being an evil crusading bastard!

[Nubclear]

anyone hve "boob in front of the boob" picture?

[realpolitic]

Breasts aren't only sexual, they represent nurturing and mothering. That was Ashcoft's real objection.

[St Leo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1788845.stm

[Dis]

don't worry

I have plans to kill him

[St Leo]

Hopefully, the dead man won't get elected once Ashcroft is dead.

[mindseye]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So Ashcroft's finally launched his inquisition?

Che, I remember your postings about Ashcroft when his nomination was first proposed. I also remember those who dismissed it as Chicken Little-isms. Wonder what they think since The Patriot Act?

I'm convinced Ashcroft is a greater threat to basic American freedoms than bin Laden, Kim, or any other bogeyman. He's also more dangerous than Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney, or any of the other creeps currently prowling our halls of power (no small feat).

I had not heard of that business of hiding the brazen nakedness of those classical statues. Why is it I can never think about Ashcroft without being reminded of" The Handmaid's Tale"?

[geeslaka]

Anybody else get suspicious of people who hide statues that are supposed to represent justice?

[DaShi]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So Ashcroft's finally launched his inquisition? It was scheduled to start a little less than two years ago . . . on 9/11. Unfortunately, the universe had other plans.

We need to destroy the Christian right, utterly.

[geeslaka]

[DaShi]

Forum trouble, it appears. Well, the overall effect is still there.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Ashcroft's New Old War

Originally posted by St Leo
Yes, suing a California company from Pittsburgh is an honourable thing for Ashcroft to do.

Actually, it's the US Attorney, and internet distributors have a legal presence anywhere their sites are visible. If you do commerce in Pittsburgh, you can be indicted in Pittsburgh.


Oh, and it helps if you actually read articles you link to:
(from the Jewish World Review article)

"The Justice Department has had a strategy of going after only the most extreme material distributed by small operators," said Patrick Trueman, a former head of the Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section who now consults with anti-obscenity groups.

Trueman pointed out that the Extreme Associates videos cited in the indictment are extraordinarily violent, depicting women being beaten, stabbed, suffocated and raped. It is material not likely to be sold in most adult video stores, he said."

Excuse me if I wait for more of an "inquisition" before I get bent out of shape.