A story I continue to follow concerns the 2257 laws. My most significant essay on 2257 Freedom Under Assault: Porn and Politics explains in a more visceral way what is happening with the newly proposed 2257 laws. This morning via Digg I read an in depth WSJ story following up on the story:

The US Government is trying very hard and very quietly to put all online adult websites out of business. The rules and regulations that the government wants all websites owners to adhere to are so confusing that essentially EVERYONE will be found guilty, hence they’ll be out of business

Despite the government’s wishes, if that’s what this is about, adult sites en masse won’t go out of business. Many will move offshore, which just means they’ll be a little harder to prosecute. However, these legal scares which really begin clear back around election time 2000 when the adult industry begin to fear John Ashcroft being in power and waging war against porn. Ironically, this took a backseat to the 9/11 attack.

Some readers might be tired of me bringing up this subject from time to time, but it’s important not only for protecting adults right to view pornography, but for the greater protection of freedom of speech.

This governmental action starts with the alleys and dark corners of nation and then will move into brighter lights and more familiar places. We cannot permit the United States government to take away our freedoms. We cannot stand by and say: ahh, it’s ok, it’s only porn.

On a much lighter and technical subject, this is my first subject blogged via Digg. If you go into your digg.com profile you can actually blog entries directly from the Digg website and your icon shows up on the Digg page. It works with Wordpress and other blogging programs.

Update 3:03am PST: I noticed after publishing that a “more link” for the story is automatically added by digg along with a digg this story link. Yesterday I added a share link space in place of the MyWeb button, inspired by the Yahoo UI blog, which offers readers (and myself) the ability to easily bookmark any post in MakeYouGoHmm by clicking the link. Look for the green text and links right aligned at the end of each post.

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