The governor of Utah signed a nonbinding resolution on Tuesday that calls on the US Congress to do something about the rising tide of Internet pornography, preferably using technology to stick it in a ghetto where those who don't want to see it don't have to do so. The resolution, which passed both houses of the Utah legislature, was backed by CP80 ("Clean port 80"), a group founded and headed by Ralph Yarro. CP80's plan to cleanse the Internet isn't the only controversy that Yarro's involved in, though; he also happens to chair the board of directors for SCO.

"I'm pretty sure if they took all the porn off the Internet there would only be one site left, and it would be called 'Bring Back the Porn!'" -- Scrubs.

"The Internet is not a force of nature—it's a man-made creation. It can be changed and evolved to better serve us all," said Yarro in a statement after the signing of the resolution. "There is no reason why we should tolerate an Internet that allows children to easily access pornography."

And let's just ban television, because there's no reason that we should tolerate a world where kids can turn on Cinamax at 10:30pm on a Saturday night and watch erotic trillers. Ahhh Skinamax... you gave me the porn before the Internet did...

CP80's solution would apply to the US only, of course, and their plan for dealing with international pornographers (who are unlikely to move to another port dictated by the US) is a simple but draconian one: consumers would ask ISPs to "simply block all IP addresses originating from a non-compliant country." Problem solved!

"So build a wall, behind it crawl, and hide until it's light" --Metallica

Utah wants Congress to make port 80 porn-free