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System cross references zip codes and driver's licenses...
(old news - 08:34AM Tuesday Feb 20 2007)
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As mentioned last year, Anheuser Busch spent tens of millions developing a broadband TV effort named Bud TV. Advertising Age points out that the attorneys general of 21 states are attacking the "groundbreaking" project because of its fairly wimpy online age check. "We fail to see how your use of age verification on the Bud.tv site is a genuine attempt to keep youth from accessing the site's content," warns the AG's in a letter to the company. The system in place cross references zip codes and driver license registrations, and many people complained it was too annoying when the site first launched.

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pnh102
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Aren't There Better Things On Which Our Money Can Be Wasted?

The FBI has been reporting that the amount of "real" crimes has been going up in the past few years. Is it just me, or should these AGs be looking into fixing that problem before they set their sites on a website?
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Re: Aren't There Better Things On Which Our Money Can Be Wasted?

I agree. Seriously there is no way stopping kids from accessing websites that they want. Some are smart enough to get around parental controls. Lying about your age on the internet is so simple it's not funny. I'd be targeting the porn sites they're able to get into rather than the beer sites they get into, especially when they see beer ads on TV anyway.

Can't we waste our money on other things ?
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Re: Aren't There Better Things On Which Our Money Can Be Wasted?

said by dslwanter See Profile :

Can't we waste our money on other things ?
We need a real enemy... Bring back Joe Camel! I hear he eats at least 5 children a day!
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Pointless

Man get real. I am 38 years of age. I have 3 boys. The last thing I am worried about is budtv. It is not so much the parents who have a problem. It is pointless politicians. I am sick of people putting restrictions on everything. I put this in the same catagory as weed. They keep preaching to our children how bad weed is. I am not saying I want my kids smoking pot. But I do teach my kids it is not bad as people say. Someone has to tell the kids the truth. All lies by the religious fools in this country. The more you restrict them. The more there going to want it.

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Re: Pointless

said by dr3yec See Profile :

It is pointless politicians.
You're right, on one point,It is the pointless politicians.
said by dr3yec See Profile :

I am sick of people putting restrictions on everything.
Yup, the good old days of getting behind the wheel drunk, and killing a few people, and not be held responsible are gone. What is the world coming to.?

Yet in a so called civilized society we have today, such restrictions protect the neighborhood drug dealer or pedophile from getting whacked as they deserve.
said by dr3yec See Profile :

I put this in the same catagory as weed. They keep preaching to our children how bad weed is. I am not saying I want my kids smoking pot. But I do teach my kids it is not bad as people say. Someone has to tell the kids the truth.
When teaching them the "truth" about drugs, You might as well lead by example. Since pot is not as bad as you say, teach them how to roll it, smoke it, sell it and stash it and.....drum roll.....How to lie about using pot.

Wouldn't want JR. to accidentally find mommy & daddies stash and reveal that to someone who is anti drug, now would you?
said by dr3yec See Profile :

All lies by the religious fools in this country.
I got news for ya, its the pointless politician who are the liars, are not the least bit religious, who are promoting lies. And NOT all religious people, who you are attempting to use as a scapegoat.

How religious are you, when you hide drug usage from your employer?

Budtv, bah, why waste time roll out Jack Danielstv and potheadtv. Oh, wait they have that show out, its called MTV.
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Re: Pointless

said by guitarzan See Profile :

Yet in a so called civilized society we have today, such restrictions protect the neighborhood drug dealer or pedophile from getting whacked as they deserve.

You don't know what a pedophile is. You are a fear monger and a .........

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Re: Pointless

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You don't know what a pedophile is. You are a fear monger and a .........
I don't?, that is news to me. YOU don't know, However I'll provide the clues for you.

Pedo means "child" in Greek. Phile is a derivative of Greek, Latin, and French, meaning "love."

A pedophile is: The paedophilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent or prepubescent children. A person with this attraction is called a pedophile or paedophile.

Pedophiles don't have signs on their backs or neon arrows pointing over their heads.

It's easier to believe that the "dirty old man in the park", rather than the clean-cut bus driver down the street, is a pedophile.

Some of them are teachers, counselors, scout leaders, truck drivers, factory workers, and youth ministers. In fact, they are wherever children can be found, irrespective of age, race, education, occupation, class, social standing, or income.

The reason they prey on children. Sexual attraction to children, and sexual gratification from children, are the reasons.

Here are some general characteristics:

Popular with both children and adults.
Appears to be trustworthy and respectable. Has good standing in the community.
Prefers the company of children. Feels more comfortable with children than adults. Is mainly attracted to prepubescent boys and girls. Can be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.

"Grooms" children with quality time, video games, parties, candy, toys, gifts, money.

Singles out children who seem troubled and in need of attention or affection.

Often dates or marries women with children that are the age of his preferred victims.

Rarely forces or coerces a child into sexual contact. Usually through trust and friendship. Physical contact is gradual, from touching, to picking up, to holding on lap, to kissing, etc.

Derives gratification in a number of ways. For some, looking is enough. For others, taking pictures or watching children undress is enough. Still others require more contact.

Finds different ways and places to be alone with children.
Are primarily (but not always), masculine, better-educated, than average, in their thirties, and choose jobs allowing them greater access to children.

Are usually family men, have no criminal record, and deny that they abuse children, even after caught, convicted, incarcerated, and court-ordered into a sex offender program. The marriage is often troubled by sexual dysfunction, and serves as a smokescreen for the pedophiles true preferences and practices.

Are often, not always, themselves victims of some form of childhood sexual abuse.
Even if the pedophile has no children, his home is usually child-friendly, with toys, books, video games, computers, bikes, swing sets, skateboards, rec room, pool, snacks - things to attract children to his home and keep them coming back. Usually the items reflect the preferred age of his victims.

A pedophile can act independently, or be involved in an organized ring, including the Internet, NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association), and other pro-pedophilia groups. Some pedophiles recognize that their behavior is criminal, immoral, and unacceptable by society, and operate in secrecy. Some are quite open and militant about their practices and advocate the normalization of pedophilia under the guise of freedom of speech and press, and uses innocuous language like "inter-generational intimacy."

A pedophile will not stop on his own, and will not turn himself in, because he does not take responsibility for his behavior and denies that he's doing anything harmful. He will abuse until he's caught.

A child not always recognizes when he or she is being abused, manipulated, or groomed by a pedophile. Unless the pedophile is a sexual sadist, he does not have to threaten a child into silence. The trust, gifts, secrecy, and "relationship" are enough. In some cases, the abuser will coerce the child into silence by saying that if anyone finds out, he would go to jail, or the child would, and maybe the child's parents. In other cases, threats to harm the child, pets, and family are used.

Pedophiles can be "treated" but never cured, because their sexual preference has always been, and always will be, children. Their urges will always be present.

Knowing the profile of a pedophile, we should be observant of all the adults in our children's lives, whether they wear a white collar, a blue collar, or a clerical collar.

If a child tells us he or she has been sexually abused by someone, be it family, friend, or trusted adult, we are obligated by law to report it to a child abuse hot-line, police, or local children's services agency.

A fear monger? I don't think so. I call it as I see it, and I'm not afraid to say it. Nor do I practice Liberal policy of political correctness. That is chit for the birds. Then again, maybe by definition in the dream world, in which you call reality, anything is possible.

BTW:You are a.........and also a .........
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Re: Pointless

said by guitarzan See Profile :



A pedophile is: The paedophilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent or prepubescent children.
DSM IV 302.2 Pedophilia

Symptoms
Recurrent, intense sexual fantasies, urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 years or younger) for a period of at least 6 months.

These fantasies, urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in everyday functioning.

The person is at least age 16 and at least 5 years older than the child in the first category.

However, this does not include an individual in late adolescence involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with a 12- or 13-year-old.
TheWickerMan

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Am I missing something here?

Is there some way kids can get drunk just by accessing a web site? If so, I've wasted so much money on beer over the years.

Jon
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Is there anything on there...

worth watching or is it just commercials?

phxmark
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Re: Is there anything on there...

Just stupid commercials that have no life for those that have no life.
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Is This Really an Issue

What about all of the pornographic, racist, hate, etc. sites. What about all of the other "mature" sites that simply ask you to enter your age and click submit?
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Re: Is This Really an Issue

said by openbox9 See Profile :

What about all of the pornographic, racist, hate, etc. sites. What about all of the other "mature" sites that simply ask you to enter your age and click submit?
That's free speech.

dadkins
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Enter age?

What about the "YES I am over xx years of age, Enter" and "NO" I am under age, close" buttons?

Or, the sites that just blast away! LOL!

Bud TV sucks anyways!
Get Zudeo! WAY better - BIGGER picture and even HD!
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They aren't as easy to sue / steal money from like AB?
none

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Bud Buzz

To bad they chose to create a site that is totally spyware and invades all privacy. It is very anti-American. They really should fire the clowns who came up with the ideas. Any American with any sense knows better than to give a good email or birthdates for them to use in their Big Brother database and as a tool for identity theft. But thanks for pointing out an additional crooked, corrupt, America hating company that they employ, that keeps lists to steal peoples identity.
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Titties and beer

Seems all the government nannies care about is titties and beer...

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Why Can't Kids...

...get away from the computer for a while, go outside and get some exercise like the rest of youth?

»www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/19/homele···dex.html
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The real worry is the man.

I am worried that a beer seller has access to my drivers licence information. An insurgent in Iraq has more privacy then I do.
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