Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:365 alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk:105 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu!jgreely From: jgreely@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk Subject: Re: publicly-readable "adult" gifs (was Re: Ohio State University CIS Policies) Message-ID: Date: 8 Jun 91 19:02:15 GMT References: <1991Jun3.165946.12637@eff.org> <1991Jun3.173550.13928@eff.org> <1991Jun3.232500.24850@ms.uky.edu> <1991Jun4.004016.20415@eff.org> Followup-To: comp.admin.policy Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 36 In-reply-to: kadie@eff.org's message of 8 Jun 91 03:21:51 GMT In article <1991Jun8.032151.18841@eff.org> kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie) writes: >So the second question is how far can the freedom to read (or view) >be suppressed in the name of protecting youth? I don't see how this has a hell of a lot to do with the situation. It's interesting reading (I mostly approve of the ACLU, although they've got a few blind spots), but I think your analogy is a bit strained. I'm also not sure why you've split this discussion up, but I 'll go along with it. >"...A Georgia display law was invalidated because it prevented the >perusal by and limited the sale of constitutionally protected >material to adults..." Without the details of the law under question, I can't see any relevance. The same applies to the other cases cited. We don't prevent anyone from acquiring images, passing them around, or privately displaying them. Judging from the amount of stuff on our disks, we're *certainly* not "preventing the perusal" of the material. >Do resident advisors police dorm rooms, making sure >that no 17 year olds are allowed to R-rated movies on cable? Cable? You must have a different kind of dorm. I don't recall that option when I lived there. Not having been an RA, I can't say exactly what they're required to watch out for, but I do recall one who nearly had a nervous breakdown keeping an eye on the fifteen-year-old on her floor. "Give him some orange juice and a sugar cookie, ... maybe a tetanus shot. He'll be fine." -- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)