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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 18:28:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 18:28:07 1985
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>> 	o	o	o	Pornography is any literature
>> or media show produced with the intention of causing sexual
>> excitement, i.e. designed to appeal to the prurient interest.
>> Oppression and defamation of women is a completely orthogonal issue.
>>	Frank Silbermann:

>That helps a lot !!  The definition of 'prurient interest' has been debated
>in the courts for 30 years and is still controversial.
>Solve that and you'll have a definition of pornography.
>	   Scott Crenshaw		{akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp
>	   SCI Systems , Inc. 		Research Triangle Park, NC 

I don't pretend to be able to deliniate between what is and what is not
obscene.  My point is merely this:  The feminist claim that pornography
is by definition insulting and degrading to women is ridiculous.
Indeed, "erotica" _IS_ pornography (not that I'm necessarily against it).

	Frank Silbermann