tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post6648066562407114184..comments2024-01-09T21:24:26.589-05:00Comments on The Catholic Libertarian: Libertarians and Public MoralsAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-43143717004608018462009-11-14T00:26:12.514-05:002009-11-14T00:26:12.514-05:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-27459332078115404702007-11-04T22:45:00.000-05:002007-11-04T22:45:00.000-05:00>Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, et al., m...>Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, et al., make their living by exploiting the public's passion for sleaze and pornography. If they acted decent(ly), their careers would be over, and they would be out millions.<BR/><BR/>Paris Hilton would still be a rich little girl. Madonna would still be a very talented singer. Pamela Anderson swould be, well, point taken.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-15637353345789388312007-11-03T07:45:00.000-04:002007-11-03T07:45:00.000-04:00"If you ignore celebrities, they eventually will a..."If you ignore celebrities, they eventually will act decent or otherwise go away."<BR/><BR/>Anthony--<BR/>The problem with this statement is that it takes "celebrities" as some kind of monolithic phenomenon. They aren't. Figures like Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, et al., make their living by exploiting the public's passion for sleaze and pornography. If they acted decent(ly), their careers would be over, and they would be out millions.<BR/>Now, if a celebrity whose image is one of consummate decency--Alan Alda, for instance--screws up and does something indecent, that would be best noted, criticized, and henceforth ignored. His raison d'etre as a celeb is not to shock or titillate.<BR/>There has always, in every culture, been some form of prostitution, and some form of pornography. It is not the invention of American secularists and political liberals.<BR/>A guy like Larry Craig might have avoided ruination if he had spent more time releasing his kinks with porn.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-26032228379708839242007-10-23T15:19:00.000-04:002007-10-23T15:19:00.000-04:00No problem -- I am just glad someone reads this th...No problem -- I am just glad someone reads this thing.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-49118575402184306932007-10-22T16:50:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:50:00.000-04:00Gotcha. I don't think I read your post very caref...Gotcha. I don't think I read your post very carefully before responding--sorry.Kirk Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-52716245811981913102007-10-21T20:41:00.000-04:002007-10-21T20:41:00.000-04:00Kirk -- it is not that the government has done som...Kirk -- it is not that the government has done something AFFIRMATIVE ti help, it is that social conservatives want the government to do something affirmative to punish people like her. <BR/><BR/>Take for instance the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction." Jackson's career was helped by the hype -- had people simply ignored her, that would have been the best solution.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-79263259056437989602007-10-21T19:27:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:27:00.000-04:00Anthony, what has the government--at any level--do...Anthony, what has the government--at any level--done to promote Pamela Anderson's career?Kirk Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.com