Wednesday, January 23, 2008

My Way News - China Shuts Down Pornographic Web Sites

My Way News - China Shuts Down Pornographic Web Sites: "BEIJING (AP) - China shut down 44,000 Web sites and arrested 868 people for Internet pornography last year, state media said Wednesday." A communist country can do this. It seems innocuous, even beneficial, but it's government removing liberty from the people. This is not possible in this country, because we believe in liberty. When there is a close debate on whether it is good or bad, or neutral, we side on the side of liberty. I'm against pornography, but I'm also for as much liberty and freedom as possible. I am concerned that if the government started shutting down porn, for the good of children, then they have a precedent to shut down other things, such as a Christian Sunday School class. I'm afraid many Americans get pulled into populist themes that "save the children" and give up liberties that are very difficult and painful to get back. This is why I can't support Mike Huckabee for President.

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