--- Rachael Treu <rara@navigo.com> wrote:
<speculative_musing> I'm unclear as to how this level of regulation can be applied to the rolling fields of porn and not swiftly expanded to accommodate other categories of information deemed to be objectionable. (I haven't yet read the complete bill, but will be interested to see how clearly codified the parameters for branding content as "adult" are.)
Disclaimer: I lived in and around Salt Lake City for 10 years, no I'm not Mormon, and I have always thought that Utah is the best place in the world to get a flat tire, becuase everyone will fall all overthemselves to help you. That said, I've seen this kind of thing from Utah politicians before - they were some of the driving factors behind the "V-Chip" and in mandating that cablecos offered a service which was "all the channels except those which regularly show adult content", which, believe it or not, was not common when they offered it. I would be VERY surprised if they also added any (non-pr0n) other topics to this block-list. There is a strong distinction made in UT between pr0n and everything else: no one ever tried to expand the concept wrt the cablecos to any of the other objectionable things they may show. I remember when "The Last Temptation of Christ" showed in a movie theatre there, so they're not so bad as it may at first seem.
How, exactly, *did* this pass, anyway?
that's EASY: there is hyperconcern for the welfare of children in Utah, and they've had some success in restricting other public displays of adult activities (believe it or not, there used to be strip clubs within 4 blocks of the mormon temple there - the city council rezoned, and they moved 3 miles downroad). David Barak Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: http://www.listentothefranchise.com NEW ALBUM, "The Sound and the Furry" available at http://www.cdbaby.com/thefranchise __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/