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European Parliament Decides Not To Ban Internet Porn
An anonymous reader writes "The European Parliament passed a proposal Tuesday which included a blanket ban on pornography, including Internet porn, in European Union member states. However, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) removed explanatory wording from the porn ban section, essentially limiting the ban to advertising and print media. The proposal, titled 'Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU,' was put to a vote in Strasbourg. MEPs passed it 368-159."
I wouldn't mind a porn ban, to tell you the truth. Or maybe no free porn, with everything costing a dollar on your CC.
It's not naziism, it's "Sharia compliance". The ban on pr0n was defeated, for now. As the weak Europeans edge toward Eurabia expect more and more liberties to be challenged, successfully at first, and then eventually legislated away. The idiots running the EU do it in the spirit of "niceness" and "political correctness". Political Correctness is the *mortal enemy* of Free Speech. Every time a Slashdotter stands up for niceness and political correctness over Free Speech they are aiding an abetting those who seek to take liberties away (not just the Islamists, but the political Left as well).
That's what the stats say. However the EU is becoming increasingly "Sharia compliant" in the name of "tolerance" and "political correctness" - which are antithetical to Free Speech. Furthermore, the fact that the EU believes it can regulate the thought of its citizens shows how it is grabbing rights and powers it does not have. The eurosceptics were correct when they foresaw that the EU would turn into a monster that cares not a whit about its citizens, and cares more about the agendas of the bureaucrats running it. The EU has *no right* to dictate what Europeans may or may not think.
just saying, i think the world would be a better place if porn weren't ubiquitous. it's always going to be there, but at least if it were behind a paywall it wouldn't always be in yoru face.