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From: john@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography
Message-ID: <300@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 08:20:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.300
Posted: Tue Sep  3 08:20:10 1985
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In article <11317@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) writes:
>> 
>Just to balance things out, I disagree.  We must ban pornography.  Before
>porn the free press was just that free, when porn is banned the free press
>will be just that free.  Try if you can not to have such GLOBAL thinking
>processes, i.e. if this happens then all that will happen.  
>We as intelligent rational beings can surely make guidelines differenciating
>between watching people take a shit in a porn movie and the more wholesome free
>media enlightening us to local and world events.

Minor problem: define "Pornography" to the satisfaction of everyone.


>There is an organization in Boston who advocates legalizing sex with children of
>any age, but in particular with their own children whom they claim are theirs to
>do with as they sexually please and should not be governed by outside sex laws.
>Your irrational 'global thinking' would say we must not interfer with these
>people in Boston, for if the government prevents their freedom of sexual ex-
>pression then we will surely be next.  I say bullshit.  We are more intelligent
>than that, at least most of us are.

I don't think that is a good analogy.  Children, clearly, cannot give informed
consent: so, sure, hammer NAMBLA (North American Man-Boy Love Association.)
-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
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