Apparently a lot of social conservatives in this country have been living under a rock for quite some time because I swear that they are either incredibly naive or dumb as a box of bricks. Perhaps that dichotomy is unrealistic and the naivete is what fuels their abject stupidity, but either way, it is providing a serious roadblock to probably the only solution of the past twenty years that could scale back the pornography industry's presence:

The proposal has had its share of critics. Some of them claim that a .xxx domain would provide legitimacy to the pornography industry. Supporters claim that a .xxx domain would make it easier for people to filter out content they do not want.

Hmmm, let's see here. Suppose all of the first and second world countries get together and ratify a treaty that would require pornography web sites to use .xxx or go to prison. That would be enforcable in the United States because it is nothing more than the equivalent of saying that cable companies cannot show pornography during the day when children might be home from school and can't be reasonably assumed to be sleeping. But no, it might "give legitimacy" to the pornography industry, as if the Republicans haven't already given it some legitimacy!

All or nothing. It's no wonder why social conservatism is basically dead as a political movement in this country. No one gets everything they want up front. The creation of a .xxx domain would be tremendously valuable to blocking online pornography in a way that other countries might participate in. But again, these people probably haven't figured out that the Internet is global, not American and thus our ability to control porn extends no farther than the willingness of other countries to get involved with us on this.