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Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by giantg2 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #154
giantg2 wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it depends on which topics one holds most dear. If you are in the minority on an issue, you may feel something is overbearing but the other side may feel it's "reasonable". For example, if one isn't a gun owner, then they aren't something one has to know and deal with. So one may feel that more regulation is not infringing on rights or freedoms.

It doesn't have anything to do with which topics one holds dear. Small governments would not tell you you can't smoke weed, or buy alcohol at certain places or certain times of day, or cities can't create their own municipal fiber ISPs, or gay people can't get married, or women can't get abortions, or put under god in the national anthem and currency

The parent comment that I was replying to was stating that one party is known for small government, but isn't. I'm just saying they might appear to be small government depending on the person's views and in comparison to the other party. Neither party is advocating in good faith for a true minarchy.

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Post by rootusrootus »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #87
rootusrootus wrote: post #9

I thought Utah was a GOP state? What happened to 'small government'? This seems like shoving gov't down your throat.

I in the long run you're doing your worldview a disservice by simplifying political parties into a single axis. Especially for Utah, which can be a bit of an outlier on moral issues due to the state's large LDS population

> I in the long run you're doing your worldview a disservice by simplifying political parties into a single axis.

Probably. But after years of being compared to socialists and communists on a constant basis, despite not ever having met a liberal who had any interest in socialism or communism for the US -- it's hard to avoid seeing politics in the USA as anything other than a two-team sport.

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Post by umvi »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #178
umvi wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(FYI it's Mormon*, named after the Book of Mormon) However, (also FYI), adherents prefer if you refer to the church as "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and members of said church "Latter-day Saints" or simply "Christians". I know "Mormon" is a long-standing nickname and most people don't intend to use the term derogatorily, but calling Latter-day Saints "Mormons" is like nicknaming Muslims "Mohammeds…

Actually it's not. I used to be Mormon. (At least it didn't use to be for a long time). President Monson even ran an ad campaign called "I'm a Mormon". https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/-i-m-a-morm... Of course his successor is trying to erase all of that by banning even using LDS ... now you must say they're a "Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" There was a time when we simply…

I don't know enough to dispute the doctrine/dogma points you've brought up.

All I know is if someone asks me to use a different term when referring to them, I usually oblige out of respect. That goes for transgender people that want me to use different pronouns/names, religious people that want me to use different terms, etc. If someone says "please don't refer to people of my tribe as 'Native Americans', we prefer the term 'Cherokees', I'm not going to start debating them and be like "well, your leaders last decade wanted 'Native American' so I refuse to call you what you currently prefer". Intentionally ignoring a request like that is incredibly disrespectful and rude, in my opinion.

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Post by xtiansimon »

Haha. I read this and laughed thinking Utah just announced limiting technology to flip phones and Palm Pilots.

Seriously, what is the manufacturer’s willingness to accept the costs of this legislation? Making one product for Utah and another for the rest of the nation?

Though, it is interesting to imagine a new middleman industry to take the manufactured products and modifying them for resale in the local market. With a little sticker a la Intel inside...

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Post by luxuryballs »

Jtsummers wrote: post #30
luxuryballs wrote: post #18

I mean if it at all stops some kid from getting human trafficked or from getting a porn addiction at 12 then I can’t say that it’s one of the worst laws ever. States should be free to make these kinds of laws IMO, but not the federal government. There are plenty of states for all types of cultures to thrive without fighting. We should leave more things for the States/People to handle, 10th Amendment!

Nothing about this would prevent human trafficking of children. Being able to access adult content does not lead to trafficking.

Why not? You don’t think there’s a % of idiots who bait people and a % of more idiots who fall for it and end up meeting in real life after being manipulated on some porn chat?

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by tokamak-teapot »

samatman wrote: post #156
tokamak-teapot wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

r/animetitties on Reddit is pretty good for news with the US filtered out. Yes the name seems weird - it’s not a joke.

alright, so I took you at your word here. I dunno what I expected: but what I got was a face full of anime titties. which I'm not even opposed to in principle but: c'mon man.

Wow, sorry. As the other comments say, there’s an underscore. I should have double checked!
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