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EU To Vote On Proposal That Could Ban All Online Pornography
An anonymous reader writes "The European Union is voting on a proposal next week that could lead to a blanket ban on porn in member states, and it seems the measure may well be approved. The proposal, called 'Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU,' mentions issues such as women carrying a 'disproportionate share of the burden' when raising a family, violence against women as 'an infringement of human rights,' and gender stereotypes that develop early in life. From the proposal: "Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism." Update: 03/07 19:05 GMT by T : Pirate MEP Christian Engström writes on his blog that citizens writing to the European Parliament about the proposal are not necessarily being heard: "Before noon, some 350 emails [on this topic] had arrived in my office. But around noon, these mails suddenly stopped arriving. When we started investigating why this happened so suddenly, we soon found out: The IT department of the European Parliament is blocking the delivery of the emails on this issue, after some members of the parliament complained about getting emails from citizens."
Next on the lawmakers' agenda: requiring all politicians to be honest, and banning all people from eating junk food.
Ezekiel 23:20
I'm quickly downloading the Internet before it becomes contraband here.
Xena reruns only go so far.
No, they discriminate against women by excluding girls...
No need to monitor the internet, just monitor the users. Apparently Kinect can now detect a clenched fist.
Anybody want a peanut?
You can have my pr0n when you pry it from my dead, hair covered hand.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
I thought they didn't have violence since they have very strict gun control laws...
a load inside her inside her insides
Recursion porn?
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> I travel in Europe occasionally and some of the commercial billboards I have seen in airports would be considered pornography in the US...
I don't believe you. Please post examples.
Anyone know of any of those "pray away the gay" camps that will allow me to take the treatment in reverse order?
I challenge you to find that one lol.
hhuhh huhhh he said "member" hhhh all "member states"... hhuh hey Beavis, check out the state of my member.. hhuhuhuhh
Then let's build enough prisons (concentration camps?) to put those scumbags in.
Equal opportunity.
Women need to be able to try out for the parts, and get to wear strap-on's.
So you'll get two women with strap-on's making gay male porn...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
But they could get some milk at the titty bar.
Scanned the report. No pictures.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
Ah, but turning porn into contraband will produce wild profit margins...
People pay for porn?!
Well, live and learn I suppose.
If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
No, that's women acting (probably under duress) for the voyeuristic pleasure of men.
I am simply shocked, shocked, that I was misled by a copyright lobby.
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