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| Thread ID: 77184 | 2007-03-01 16:32:00 | North America Only INCLUDES The US... | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 529134 | 2007-03-01 16:32:00 | Canada . . . one of the troika in the North American Continent has a problem . . . . note this is not the US but Canada! North America's first cell-phone porn service surrendered to a Catholic boycott . Last month, Canada's second-biggest telecom firm, Telus, began offering downloadable nude photos and videos . A week ago, the archbishop of Vancouver urged Catholics to boycott the company; three days later, Telus gave up ( . snopes . com/showthread . php?p=71685" target="_blank">message . snopes . com) and said it would offer porn only through cable TV . Company's spins: 1) The porn was only soft-core . 2) We imposed an age limit . 3) We offered it as a public service, to help porn seekers avoid malware . Archbishop's spin: The spread of porn technology preys on addicts and their victims . Cynical view: Thank God we're keeping porn off 1-inch screens so people will have to keep watching it on 30-inch screens . The Twist: The archbishop issued his boycott call through a podcast . |
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