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    So I really don't mean to start a political argument but I came across this interesting article today: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0....htmlBasically, “Wong assured us that Romney is very concerned with this, and that if he’s elected these laws will be enforced,” Trueman told the website. ”They promised to vigorously enforce federal adult obscenity laws.” Also, "Romney has promised that if elected president he would require every new computer be sold with a porn filter." When you make your living getting naked online this is a pretty unsettling prospect.How do you all feel about the possibility of a very conservative candidate becoming president and potentially making camming illegal? Are you not bothered by it? Am I being paranoid to even think that camming as an industry may be taken from us?What would you do if camming became illegal overnight?

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    I'm an Obama supporter and will always be. And for good reason.

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    I think it's great to be "aware" of what's going on. But I wouldn't start worrying about things that haven't happened yet. Regardless of who gets elected, I think that camming is the least of their worries. They got other stuff to fix.


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    I think there might be enough porn watchers in Congress that we shouldn't be worried quite yet. Porn is a huge revenue-creator and I seriously doubt that camming will become illegal in the US. People who deal in porn have too much pull. And if you look at the history of court cases dealing in obscenity laws, any law passed almost always gets struck down eventually because of 2nd amendment (or other) violations.

    Though I will say that I am sure Romney will try something if he's elected and that is one of the many reasons I won't be voting for him

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    Porn is big business, even for the conservatives. Lol, remember how the clubs in Tampa were eagerly awaiting the RNC? I aldo like how the aide said he was "silently promised". I think Mittens will say anything at this point tbh. If I'm going to worry about anything it'd be those weird obscure local obscenity laws, not that I do anyways.

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    Maybe I'm just being extra paranoid because I am also Mormon, and every week in church it is drilled into our heads that pornography destroys families (and family is the closest thing you can achieve to heaven on earth, and it's an ordinance from God), and that masturbation is a sin that must be confessed and repented of. The church is, like, REALLY anti-porn. Okay, I'm not personally against porn and camming, I love them both, but my religion is all "Evil! Evil! Evil!" and since Romney's trying to prove that he's this awesome upstanding Mormon I'm afraid he'll try to prove it by doing something drastic. Then again, there's nothing indicating that he'll be elected and even if he is, you're right, there's tons os $ pornography and Romney is all about money.

    Still, I haven't felt this anxious since the whole SOPA/PIPA scare earlier this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CourtneyRaine View Post
    Maybe I'm just being extra paranoid because I am also Mormon, and every week in church it is drilled into our heads that pornography destroys families (and family is the closest thing you can achieve to heaven on earth, and it's an ordinance from God), and that masturbation is a sin that must be confessed and repented of. The church is, like, REALLY anti-porn. Okay, I'm not personally against porn and camming, I love them both, but my religion is all "Evil! Evil! Evil!" and since Romney's trying to prove that he's this awesome upstanding Mormon I'm afraid he'll try to prove it by doing something drastic. Then again, there's nothing indicating that he'll be elected and even if he is, you're right, there's tons os $ pornography and Romney is all about money.

    Still, I haven't felt this anxious since the whole SOPA/PIPA scare earlier this year.
    Yep things like SOPA are my point exactly. Remember how everybody was panicking and getting all worried then it didn't happen? So yeah I would say don't worry about just yet.

    OAN: how in the world do you sit through sermons like that? I'm not knocking your belief but I wouldn't be able to be productive if I had a strong belief that everything I did in my line of work was wrong. The guilt would wear me out.

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    Who would even pass that bill or law? Keep calma and vote for Obama!

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    I'm watching from the other side of the pond and hoping for the best for you guys and the rest of the world...religious fanatics in government is a very scary thing and I'm gobsmacked by what's been happening over there already, with regard to women especially.

    I wouldn't be surprised what laws he'd try to get passed if he got into power, it's all total lunacy from where I'm standing...controlling, divisive and playing on fears.
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    If it makes you feel any better, I really really don't think Romney can win


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    Quote Originally Posted by Smurfette View Post
    If it makes you feel any better, I really really don't think Romney can win


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    Quote Originally Posted by GracieBlue View Post
    Who would even pass that bill or law? Keep calma and vote for Obama!


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    I was kinda having the same fear because I happened to read the same thing that you did, I totally forgot to bring it up. I am ALL for personal freedoms, and having personal freedoms is the only thing that can get me to vote democrat because democrats are for a lot more personal freedoms from what I've witnessed, except guns of course (and I'm ALL for guns ). Now, I'm pro-gun and pro-choice, I think that in the country we live in it might be best to separate church and state. They don't belong together in my opinion. And the government is out-of-control-big and shouldn't be nearly as huge as it is anyways. Wish we could fire most of them and keep our tax dollars. All they do is create a bunch of crap...wish we could have some real every day people up in there lol
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    im voting obama fuck romney...money hungry son of a bitch we have the power to vote, so lets make sure he doesnt get into office...i highly doubt he will with the 41 percent ordeal.

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    Yep things like SOPA are my point exactly. Remember how everybody was panicking and getting all worried then it didn't happen? So yeah I would say don't worry about just yet.
    In the interest of fairness, I would point out that the primary lobbists / supporters for SOPA, PIPA etc. are 'liberal' ... specifically the mainstream hollywood movie industry, the mainstream US recording industry, even established US porn producers ... and that SOPA / PIPA were being promoted by Democrat politicians. These bills were tabled last spring ... but are likely to 'rear their ugly heads' again after the upcoming election is settled. If re-elected, it is entirely possible that the Democrats will 'reward' their mainstream US entertainment industry supporters by passing SOPA / PIPA, which in turn will allow the 'mainstream' entertainment industry to maximize their earnings by cutting off the available sales of 'pirated' material.

    Unfortunately for camgirls, the most probable means for this to happen would be a gov't directive toward US based Visa and MasterCard which prevents these companies from performing online credit card charge processing for ( foreign ) websites ACCUSED of 'piracy'. If this were to happen, it could drastically affect foreign based adult webcam hosts' ability to earn money.

    My basic point here is to do your own research, and avoid making the assumption that the policies of EITHER US political party will be 'good' for camgirls !!! Pragmatically speaking, there is little difference between US camgirls being restricted from performing 'obscene' video material by gov't on moral censorship grounds ... or US camgirls being allowed to perform any sort of 'obscene' content they want on free speech grounds, but also being prevented by the gov't from getting paid for it !!!

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    http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/...omney-vs-obama


    do we need to worry??? now im worried lol

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    http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/...omney-vs-obama


    do we need to worry??? now im worried lol..not bout the poll....but just about camming. i mean really who the fuck cares if we cam?

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    i mean really who the fuck cares if we cam?
    ^^^ well, for one, US mainstream producers, US cable TV networks, US hotel chains, etc. ... who are very unhappy about seeing millions or billions of dollars of 'adult content' customer money being redirected away from mainstream porn video sales / rentals / 'adult cable TV subscriptions and pay-per-views, and that customer money instead being directed toward adult webcams. Those US producers, US cable TV networks etc. are major contributors to Democratic candidates. Or put simply, Playboy, Vivid, ComCast, TimeWarner, etc. all stand to gain financially if Streamates is no longer allowed to process credit card charges for US based webcam customers.
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    ahhhh, so if we vote obama are we gonna have to fight still? i dont make sense but in my head i do lol

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    ^^^ all politics aside, it essentially boils down to 'big business' not wanting to share markets / profits with independent upstarts. True that decades ago many of those big businesses were associated with, and financially supported, conservatives / Republicans. However, today, the nature of US 'big business' has changed ... with US oil drillers, coal miners, etc. in decline ... but which in turn have been replaced with a 'new wave' of US 'big business' including the Hollywood entertainment industry along with Wall Street etc.

    Said US entertainment industry is very supportive of 'free speech' and objects to conservative limits based on content censorship. However, that same US entertainment industry is very protective of its market dominance !!! This is the reason that the MPAA ( which includes all US film studios, and indirectly includes ComCast and TimeWarner ), and the RIAA ( which includes all US recording studios ) are two of the top three supporters of SOPA / PIPA.

    Since independent camgirls comprise direct competition for the same potential customer dollars, and since Hollywood celebs / Hugh Hefner / ComCast and TimeWarner corporate execs. are making millions of dollars worth of high profile campaign contributions to Obama and other Democrats right along with the UAW and Wall St, it's not unreasonable to expect that Obama may 'repay' these supporters in the future in the very same way it already repaid the UAW and Wall St. !!!
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    how about ron paul???

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    Who is Ron Paul?

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    how about ron paul???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    In the interest of fairness, I would point out that the primary lobbists / supporters for SOPA, PIPA etc. are 'liberal' ... specifically the mainstream hollywood movie industry, the mainstream US recording industry, even established US porn producers ... and that SOPA / PIPA were being promoted by Democrat politicians. These bills were tabled last spring ... but are likely to 'rear their ugly heads' again after the upcoming election is settled. If re-elected, it is entirely possible that the Democrats will 'reward' their mainstream US entertainment industry supporters by passing SOPA / PIPA, which in turn will allow the 'mainstream' entertainment industry to maximize their earnings by cutting off the available sales of 'pirated' material.

    Unfortunately for camgirls, the most probable means for this to happen would be a gov't directive toward US based Visa and MasterCard which prevents these companies from performing online credit card charge processing for ( foreign ) websites ACCUSED of 'piracy'. If this were to happen, it could drastically affect foreign based adult webcam hosts' ability to earn money.

    My basic point here is to do your own research, and avoid making the assumption that the policies of EITHER US political party will be 'good' for camgirls !!! Pragmatically speaking, there is little difference between US camgirls being restricted from performing 'obscene' video material by gov't on moral censorship grounds ... or US camgirls being allowed to perform any sort of 'obscene' content they want on free speech grounds, but also being prevented by the gov't from getting paid for it !!!
    Well when it "actually" happens, then I'll worry. ;-)

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    ron paul is running too, look him up, hes a good guy.....but hes too far behind....its obama, mitt, ron paul, and gary johnson

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    ^^^ Ron Paul is out of the running, and what a shame that is, he would have been amazing as a president and would have NEVER pulled this kind of shit, he is all about libertarian values and freedom of choice/constitutional rights.... legalizing, not criminalizing, he doesn't bring his personal religious views into politics, ect... but The Republican Convention elected Romney *eye-roll* and he is now the only republican candidate that can be elected, so it's him vs. Obama.

    @Marina You probably don't know who Ron Paul is because during the Republican Convention the media censored the shit out of everything he said/did and belittled him constantly whenever they had the chance because, quite frankly, he scares the shit out of all the corporate elites because his proposed policies/changes for US government backed the peoples interests, not theirs.



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