Republican Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska) doesn't get it

[kierthos]

So, he's saying that there needs to be a rating system for adult content on the Web. Of course, this is the same nutter who wants to have two "Bridges to Nowhere", so apparently the numerous facts that stand in the way of restricting internet porn fly right over his head.

1) 75% of internet porn is hosted outside the U.S., so U.S. laws can't really affect it. Let's face it... we can only invade so many countries on flimst pretexts. (Although it looks like Bush is lining up for the trifecta of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran.)

2) Even if there was a "warning label", how effective would it be? Yes, there are people who stumble on porn sites by accident. Yes, there are fake links, redirects, and whatnot. However, Sen. Stevens wants to pit a rating system against the collective libido of minors. Guess who's going to win? The kids, as a group, understand computers far better then their elders, and they will find ways around any road-blocks put in their way between them and viewing whatever perversion they get off on.

What really got me about the article (the Yahoo one), was the quote from the FBI agent. 19 million hits on porn? Yeah, that is impressive.

Until you look up the number of hits on other things.

Pony: 17.2 million
Politicians: 28.6 million.
Nintendo: 40.8 million
iPod: 180 million
George W. Bush: 53.5 million
Ted Stevens: just under 700,000 (Hrm... maybe he's just jealous)

Comments

[egearman.livejournal.com]

I've heard a rumor that your Kinko's is going to stop being open 24 hours a day. You moving to the day shift?

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

There is a possibility that our store will stop being 24 hours and the Harbison branch will become the 24 hour store. It's a slim chance, but it's possible. In that case, yes, I would move to one of the other two shifts.

However, if anyone in corporate actually doesn't plant their head firmly in their ass every morning, then they will keep us open 24 hours. It only makes sense.

[egearman.livejournal.com]

Well, I heard last night that your manager had already/was in the process of being moved over and that he was taking Shin-Goji with him.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... here's the deal. It used to be that my store was the "hub" for us and the Two Notch store, and the Harbison store was sort of off by itself.

Now, the Harbison store is the "hub" for us and Two Notch, and Steven, as the most senior manager of the three, moved there. Also, there is a plan in the works to shift a few of the assistant managers around, possibly on a permanent basis. So while the might Shin-Goji is going to Harbison, it is not a causal relation that they will be open 24 hours and we won't.

Mind you, if we end up not being 24 hours, there are going to be a lot of unhappy students come finals week. And that makes me smile.

[egearman.livejournal.com]

But has someone come out and said "We'll move you to one of the day shifts"?

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Actually, yes, one of the assistant managers asked me. He actually phrased it "In the unlikely event that we stop being 24 hours, which shift would you like to work on?"

Now, even if we do stop being 24 hours, it's several months down the road, at least. I really don't see it happening, even if Harbison is the "hub" store, because we are the one that is centrally located.