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Xtreme measures.


Back in 1986, reason had a cover story on the Meese Pornography pornography

Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes.
 Commission. Being a strong opponent of censorship, soon after reading that article I left the Republican Party. Now, 18 years later; reason has another article ("Xtreme Measures," May) on how a Republican Justice Department is going after pornography. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The only difference: This time, there is no disillusioning dis·il·lu·sion  
tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions
To free or deprive of illusion.

n.
1. The act of disenchanting.

2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted.
 break with the GOP. The Bush administration has given us irresponsible ir·re·spon·si·ble  
adj.
1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations.

2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy.

3.
 economic policies, lies over Iraq, and pandering to homophobes. That it wants to control what people watch is just one more reason I will be voting for its retirement this November.

Robert Fisher

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Title Annotation:Letters
Author:Fisher, Robert
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Aug 1, 2004
Words:115
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