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Intersting indeed. This kind of reminds me of the "Little Hercules" thing from, I think, the 90s.

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That is a most impressive render. My compliments to the artist and to you, Alex, for finding it.

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Congrats, awesome pic, and may you have many more hits in the future. (on the site, of course  😛 )

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All I can say is what's already been said AND proven:

Legislated morality does not and will never work.

Exhibit A: Prohibition.

Exhibit B: Prohibition.

Exhibit C: um… they should stop pretending to care about children when all they really want is to stay in their cushy jobs?

That was the point that I made earlier. They don't care beyond how such a motion serves them. A funny thing that I noticed is that, when you think about it, the internet isn't the only place where fetishes and sexual discussions can take place. Just look at the movie or comic industry. Movies often sell sex to the point where they are little more than softcore porn. You often have toplessness in anything above a G-rated movie, and even in those "kiddy" movies, the majority of women are both buxom and beautiful.

In the comic business, well, just look at She-hulk and her relativity to Amaz0ns. Do I really need to say more?

Well… probably not, but I will anyway. The comic industry is loaded with women that are super-strong, muscular, gigantic, or any combination thereof. Wonder Woman, Power Girl, and Super Girl are just a few examples. And let us not forget what happens when Jen transforms into She-Hulk most of the time. Her clothes go bye-bye, leaving her with shreds of clothes that leave VERY little to the imagination.

Hell, even comercials on TV sell sex everyday. Anyone seen cologne or perfume commercials? What about stuff for shaving or bathing? Or even the sleep comfort commercials. Sex could even be said to run our economy, and they want to practically remove it from a mass media source. Bad idea, and likely one that will not survive long.

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A gorgeous woman indeed.

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I haven't looked too much into the issue, but I know enough from hearsay. 33 people died, 32 murdered and 1 suicide (the killer). It is a terrible tragedy, worse than Columbine.

The thing that shocks me the most though is the apparent ineptitude of the police. From what I understand, there was a first shooting at a dorm, then once the police okayed everyone to go, there was another shooting by the same guy across campus a couple of hours later. And apparently this guy did everything with a handgun. A freaking handgun! I heard that he may have had two handguns, but still! That's one guy with one, possibly two handguns. With Columbine, there were two guys doing the shooting, WITH MACHINE GUNS, and the body count was half of this! How the hell did the police miss this!?

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Ok. Regardless of how the situation compares to anything else, it is still a horrible tragedy.

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Well, regardless of what you decide, it's still an awesome comic. You said that this was practice, so it goes without saying that whatever you're practicing for is going to be amazing.

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I have to say that I agree with you guys, and besides all that's beeen commented, there is another thing to consider. We know that nowadays, most of the web sites and boards that have "adult" od "mature" content are hosted in some weird web server across the world. But leaving that aside, what I'm thinking is, Let's suppose I have a site that fits in that legislation, but I'm not from the US, and my site is hosted in my own country, they can't force me to uphold a law that is not from my country or the country that where the site is hosted.

I personally don't think that any law can control the use of the internet. Insted of this parrents should be encouraged to see and check what sites their sons visit. Adult magazines are sold in newsstands, and supposedly no kid can access them, but I'm sure everybody around here, got at least a glimpse of at least one playboy from your brother/dad/friend/friend's brother etc, and that doesn't mean anybody broke a law.

Besides all the Internet Sex, I'm more concerned a bout the lack of control in the language used on the net, and the access kids have to them.

I have lost my hopes that there is at least one true politician in the world. Everything seems to be let's give them what they want so they are happy, and that way we can do whatever they want.

Just my thoughts

You are raising some very good points. I actually can't believe that I hadn't considered this proposal from a global perspective, but, regardless of that, you are absolutely right. US legislation has absolutely no effect on anything from a different country, which means that, even if this bill is passed into law, it really would not make a difference at all. If a website that has such content doesn't want to register with the government or shut down, then they can just switch to a server outside the US.

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I have to say, Muffin Man, I agree with you completely. The whole concept is utterly ridiculous, but for more reasons than what you said. Think about what they're trying to do, and then think about what the average child today knows about computers.

The average child is more than just barely computer literate now. Many children actually understand more than most adults, save for those that are specifically trained in using them. I can almost guarantee that any modern child will be able to find a way around these restricted sites without a problem.

After all, if the sites have a browser-based restriction on the sites, then it's a simple matter of just downloading another web browser, something that it quite easy to do.

Also, it is possible to get around the parental controls or these newly restricted sites (if this bill passes). It's just the same as getting to certain websites that public school computers don't let you. You can go to cached sites, which the restrictions sometimes miss, or you can crack the password using any program that allows you to do that. Programs like that aren't hard to come by and are easy to use.

And, like you said Muffin Man, kids will still be able to find their way to these sites. Drinking is illegal for anyone under 21 and smoking is illegal for anyone under 18, but that doesn't stop anyone. Sure, some people get caught, but most don't, no matter how hard they crack down on it.

And there's one last problem with this proposed bill. How will they get every "adult content" website to register? The internet is a vast universe in its own right, and it's still growing. Even if you get some to register, not all of them will. Does anyone have any idea what it would take to search every website for adult content? You could do a Google search or something like that and pull up several hundred million results, but that still wouldn't get them all, since not all of them can be found by that search engine. Even if theycreated a committee,bureau, or some other government agency to monitor these sites, they still wouldn't be able to cover everything. The internet is just too vast.

Honestly, politicians mow adays don't focus on doing things that are smart. They just go with what ideas seem to be what the public wants. They're more concerned about re-election than about what people really need.

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