[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Tanda

It's usually those who are barking the loundest that have the most to hide.

A little bit of should do the trick.

That is an amazing coincidence! Look at this, from here:

Representative Ralph Davenport (R, Boiling Springs) today announced plans to criminalise the use of "deviant" icons on Internet forums.

"Everyone thinks emoticons, or smilies as they're innocently called, are harmless," Davenport explained. "But some of them explicitly portray sexual acts including sadism and bestiality."

The draft bill, following hard on the heels of his bid to control the sale of sex toys, would make the hosting of "indecent" emoticons by forum administrators, and the inclusion of such emoticons in bulletin board messages, email messages or instant messages by any user, felonies.

Courts would have wide discretion to determine what makes an emoticon indecent.

"We have to stop this disease before it becomes accepted," said Davenport. "It no coincidence that the boards with the greatest number of corrupting icons are anit-Christian, anti-government and even proud of the labels 'deviant'."