If Rick Santorum becomes president, I think the eradication of porn from the Internet will be a quaint footnote compared to the other draconian things that'll come to pass.
If Rick Santorum becomes president, I think the attempt at eradication of porn will be the headline of a very short presidency.
The porn industry isn't unified and has virtually no lobbying power, when (depending on the reports you read) it brings in 1/3 of the revenue of the movie industry, without ever getting a box office receipt.
When you're talking about ending an industry, not only in the US but trying to ban the global industry, you're not only going to align them against you very quickly, but I bet they would be willing to spend a lot of money to smear campaign you into the ground. Oh and look, they have exceptionally hot women that (depending on the studies) approx. 40-50% of them have worked as prostitutes.
Basically, Rick Santorum would be facing an industry with the money and the means to line you up for a massive scandal that would completely destroy a "conservative family man" image.
Um. How would it be short? Do you expect insurrection over porn? Impeachment? I certainly agree that the porn industry would be pissed, but exactly what do you expect it to do?
I thought I alluded to what they can think of quite clearly by stating some studies suggest 40-50% of women in the porn industry do or have worked as prostitutes or escorts.
I wouldn't even be surprised if the porn industry helped line him up just so they could knock the entire republican party out of the election in one messy sex scandal.
Honestly if I had at stake what the porn industry does. I'd be thinking "regardless of if Obama wins this one or not, next election there's a huge chance it's going to be republican so lets end Santorum once and for all".
No one, no matter how ardent a republican is going to vote for a 'happily married father of 8' if he's caught sleeping with an 18 year old porn star.
Heh. Yesterday the Senate passed a bill saying the gov't can take away your passport if you owe more than $50K in tax. What do you want to bet that the actual law will say ". . . if the IRS claims you owe more than $50K."
Draconian comes in all flavors. We aren't waiting for the Santorum bus to drive up. It's already here.
