I think with all due respect Steve that what you are saying, in regards to calling this zoning is one of the major reasons people like Bush and his ilk get away with all that they do.

By making it sound less ominous, less distasteful people get used to it. Look at the words they use now, ethnic cleansing instead of what it truly is... race murder. You call people who are fighting their own kind, secular violence, as if it is cloistered behind some monastery. Time to stop the pussy footing and call a spade a spade.

Compare the definitions and tell me again how this is just 'zoning'.

Zoning
1. To divide into zones.
2. To designate or mark off into zones.
3. To surround or encircle with or as if with a belt or girdle.
(dictionary.com)

Segregation
# The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated.
# The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.

(dictionary.com)

There is no way that the religious right want this for protecting children, it is their way to isolate us so they can dictate who can see what and not see what. Even the article Lee quoted, calls this the Virtual Red Light and if you ask any policeman on why they favour red light districts, they'll tell you it is so they can control the undesireable elements and the associated crime. In reality, it is so they know who to watch, and can easily locate them. XXX TLD is the same, call it zoning if you wish, but if you look at the real definition of segregation, that is exactly what this is.

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