PayPal sparks furore over limits on "obscene" e-books

[Thorne]

I used to be conservative...and not once did I think that we needed to censor anything....nor did any other conservatives. They don't want the government involved in their lives to that point. The ones who seem to want to tell others what to think and say are the liberals.

Is it the "liberals" in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma and elsewhere trying to force creationism back into the schools? Is it the "liberals" who are making it impossible for a woman to make her own health decisions? Is it "liberals" who are behind the anti-blasphemy laws that are starting to pop up all over the place? No, I didn't think so. Just look at the current crop of Republican candidates. Yeah, they want smaller government. Except for those parts that will force others to do as they say, believe as they say, think as they say.

Look up the new laws created this last year. You'll be amazed!

But who made up these laws? The conservative Congress, unless I miss my guess.

Since Paypal says that I am too obscene to use their service for transactions...I don't need to use them! I have a credit card, I have a debit card, Google checkout...hell, some companies are setting it up so you can charge online purchases to your cell phone...there are many other options for me than to use Paypal.

My sentiments exactly. (See my comment above.) Until big business gets to the point where they can legislate what and where we purchase items, we can control them with our wallets. But if the pro-big business Congress has their way, that time may not be so far off.

[Strypi]

Is it the "liberals" in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma and elsewhere trying to force creationism back into the schools? Is it the "liberals" who are making it impossible for a woman to make her own health decisions? Is it "liberals" who are behind the anti-blasphemy laws that are starting to pop up all over the place? No, I didn't think so. Just look at the current crop of Republican candidates. Yeah, they want smaller government. Except for those parts that will force others to do as they say, believe as they say, think as they say.


But who made up these laws? The conservative Congress, unless I miss my guess.


My sentiments exactly. (See my comment above.) Until big business gets to the point where they can legislate what and where we purchase items, we can control them with our wallets. But if the pro-big business Congress has their way, that time may not be so far off.

I know it was Obama's camp that set the fire for the ripping away of our rights with the new detention laws.

And yes, I said porn, but I meant that as written/spoken, as well as any other form of expression...

And the conservatives with their school policies...well, it's no different than liberals who made laws all over the US that I can't discipline my children as I choose! Yet,we can kill babies all day long, and I have to pay for another woman's choice to do so with my tax dollars! I have no problem with her making that choice, but I shouldn't have to pay...but I do. Neither side is better than the other, and the evils are greater as the game contiues.

The point is that our rights are only rights in the bill. When dealing with private enterprise, we don't have rights. We have a choice.

[Thorne]

Yet,we can kill babies all day long,

Oh please. Really? That old hobgoblin? They aren't babies until they're born. They aren't even viable until late into the pregnancy. Before that they are little more than a parasite within the mother. And it's HER right to decide what to do with it.

and I have to pay for another woman's choice to do so with my tax dollars! I have no problem with her making that choice, but I shouldn't have to pay...but I do.

No, you don't! Federal law prohibits using tax dollars for abortions. Nationwide. What you DO have to pay your tax dollars for is for those women who are unable to have abortions, because of draconian laws, having to go on welfare and food stamps to feed those kids they really don't want. Costs one HELL of a lot more, per kid, than an abortion, too.

Neither side is better than the other, and the evils are greater as the game contiues.

Agreed, both sides are equally bad. The evils come from a totally different direction, in my view.