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From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Computer Porn? Aaaaagh!
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.173955.22004@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 25 Mar 91 17:39:55 GMT
References: <1991Mar18.223347.45852@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <63349@bbn.BBN.COM>
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL
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In article <63349@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
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>What is that the good part?  All of the allegations are *true*, right?
>For good or ill, it is quite illegal to distribute "pornography" to
>minors in almost any circumstance [and even to adults in some].  People
>who run an 'adult book store' have a positive duty to prevent that
>material from selling their wares to minors, why should a BBS operator
>be any different?  Or are you arguing that one should be exempt from
>obeying the laws simply because one is on the other side of a modem?
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>I don't understand, again: many parents *DO* believe that they should
>have some control over what their children learn about sex.  Is that so
>crazy?
>
>And since I think the activity almost certainly is illegal, why
>shouldn't the DA be involved?  We can discuss whether the laws on
>pornography, and specifically its distribution to minors, make any
>sense, but your content-free, seemingly ill informed mocking hardly
>adds anything worthwhile to that discussion.
>
>  /Bernie\
	If an action is illegal, that doesn't make it wrong.  A child's
PARENTS should decide when he/she is mature enough for pornography,
not the government.

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The Ravings of the Insane Maniac Sameer Parekh -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM