I’m not sure how many examples we need of the Department of Justice saying they are focusing on cracking down on the reprehensible presence of kiddy porn (KP) on the web and yet lumping in adult sites, but here’s yet another one (emphasis mine):

Gonzales called for additional measures against child pornography and adult-themed material in general. He asked Congress to prohibit the practice, common at some sexually explicit Web sites, of hiding innocuous terms in a site’s code so that search engines will point to them. The DOJ initiative would make it illegal for a person to knowingly deceive others into viewing obscene materials.

Look, I’m all for going after child pornography on the internet but why does almost every story have to lump in “adult-themed material in general” in with this? Don’t take my word for it, open your eyes and follow the stories about KP and watch how many have subtle references like the one above that I spotlighted which suggest tougher rules or tightening the screws on legal adult material. Comparing that with KP only angers people and muddies the importance of that issue. The two are not the same, were never the same, but it’s done constantly. And quite intentionally.