I don't think a VPN would matter with what they want to do. Basically any machine bought where this tax is in effect would have a program on it that blocks porn sites that can only be disabled by paying. I don't think a VPN would help you with that.
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Are you ready for the Porn Tax?
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I don't think a VPN would matter with what they want to do. Basically any machine bought where this tax is in effect would have a program on it that blocks porn sites that can only be disabled by paying. I don't think a VPN would help you with that.
SliceSabre
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Does hentai count?
No I'm not asking for a friend I'm asking for myself.
No I'm not asking for a friend I'm asking for myself.
Count Dookkake
Member
Let's start a porn church.
Who's in?
I get to be the pope.
Who's in?
I get to be the pope.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
They wouldn't make enough money to buy Chaffetz a new iPhone.
Jive Turkey
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We see that you live in South Carolina. South Carolina has implemented a $20 tax per device used to view pornography. We're sorry to ask this, but how many devices in your household were used to view pornography in 2017?
[X] 0
[_] 1
[_] 2
[_] 3
[_] More
Really?
[X] Yes
[_] No
REALLY?
[_] No
[_] No
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Or just reformat
I frankly have trouble believing the government is capable of making a successful porn blocker that requires a payment to get through.
I imagine it'd be cracked within hours.
You Are Viewtiful
Member
I understand the concern but this won't work.
This would be next to impossible to implement.
What if I don't watch but I'm not a prude?
StalkerUKCG
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Yea it's an insane technical hurdle. Like so big it's not worth it. Even if someone like MS implemented it at a windows level which they never would they absolutely couldn't do it outside the US and getting an ISO from any of those other countries wouldn't be a problem.
Domain filtering is out the window.
What about Twitter, Reddit, Hell GAF could change the rules or add a NSFW section tomorrow. Logistically impossible
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Yes. They don't understand how anything works. They don't understand how difficult this would be to implement or how easy it would be to circumvent. It's a pointless waste of money for a stupid moral crusade.
FrozenCell
Member
not the Onion?
Pokemaniac
Member
On a technical level this is completely and thoroughly unenforceable. It really should be thrown out for that alone.
NintendoRev
Member
But is he wrong?
What the hell does "Access Pornography" mean? Is there some master database that the government maintains that has everyone that has paid their pornography premiums for the year?
Do you get a special porn code that you type in to verify?
How does it keep track of what computers / mobile devices are registered?
Has anyone put more than 5 seconds of thought into how this would work?
Do you get a special porn code that you type in to verify?
How does it keep track of what computers / mobile devices are registered?
Has anyone put more than 5 seconds of thought into how this would work?
n00bsauce87
Member
Are there studies on how porn correlates to higher sex trafficking? Clearly this suggestion isn't based on data, good data at least.
MugiwaraCole
Member
The fact that I barely flinched at the idea of paying a one time $20 tax to watch porn on a new device tells me all I need to know about myself. I'd simply pay it and move on with my life.
Help me.
Help me.
Hari Seldon
Member
Wipe the machine and put linux on it.
Warm Machine
Member
Your choice...you can have no emotional outlet for your sexual loneliness, man up and find a real girlfriend, or let the rapes begin.
Version 3.0
Member
Wait, I thought all Republicans swore an oath to Grover Norquist to never raise taxes.
Icebergslim
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Porn is a protected form of speech. This isnt going to happen.
ChubbyHuggs
Member
Wait... What?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You're trying to apply logic to a bill some hardcore evangelical threw together in a couple of hours to impress his buddies at sunday mass.
From a technical perspective, it is far more complicated than a bright-line test that pornography is protected speech. In fact, its not actually true; "obscenity" is not a protected form of speech at all. The reason why its unconstitutional is, ironically, the large consumption of porn in conservative districts.
Part of the reason the pornography industry is settled in California is because it was initially the only place where production of pornography is explicitly legal (because it had been challenged in the 70s as prostitution).
Lil'DigiOp
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I've been arguing for years that all denominated religions should pay a flat tax.
From christian to scientoligist.
Especially Scientology
Abinash117
Member
That is one way his alt-right supporters can turn on him.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Amen.
shnurgleton
Member
Porn lobby has got some palms to grease
among other things
supernormal
Member
I thought the same thing.
Imperfected
Member
I just can't believe there's any politician willing to stand up to Big Porn. They have to know anyone who ends up on the wrong side of the Smut Lobby gets seriously fucked.
Off-Kilter
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Sex trafficking from watching porn sounds like a big ass stretch
WaterAstro
Member
Legitimate religious establishments won't mind.
Those fake ass churches that scam people's money will.
What, is every computer in America gonna have some titty-tracking malware installed on it? What about one you built yourself using an open source OS?
The Albatross
Member
I can't possibly imagine this ever happening or being enforced. The curious side of me kinda wants to see it passed in some backwater state to see how they'd implement it.
Lol. This is, basically, exactly the opposite of true.
Lol. This is, basically, exactly the opposite of true.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Lol pay for porn, neverrrrr
Imperfected
Member
So, I had a thought.
How about we let them pass the Porn Tax, and then we use pretty obvious legal justification to hold that, given a broad enough definition of pornography, every device is eventually used to access pornography, and therefore the tax must be universally applied.
Then, we use the tax money to pay for all the social programs Republicans constantly whinge about having to pay taxes to support.
How about we let them pass the Porn Tax, and then we use pretty obvious legal justification to hold that, given a broad enough definition of pornography, every device is eventually used to access pornography, and therefore the tax must be universally applied.
Then, we use the tax money to pay for all the social programs Republicans constantly whinge about having to pay taxes to support.
benderwaityouserious.gif
Bro, we got denovo being cracked within a matter of weeks. No offence but any regulatory steps put in place to tax porn would probably cost millions to implement let alone maintain, effectively more trouble than its worth.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
That's true they did swear to never raise taxes*.
*On God-fearing Christians. Those porn-watching heathens can rot**.
**Nevermind that a large majority of God-fearing Christians secretly watch porn as well.
Abinash117
Member
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/us/sex-trafficking/
It is a pretty big industry, according to a UN report it made like 32 billion in 2012.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36416751
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36416751
About modern slavery overall.
I'm sure that some people are forced into making porn and do hear about some people being drugged too. The tax would make more sense if it targets the companies and not the consumers, but regardless of who it targets it seems ineffectual.
None of this answers the question though. Slavery has been around for millennia and no one gave a shit about it for the vast majority of it.
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