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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: More brilliant satire from Ray
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 12:10:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 12:10:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan    Oct  3 11:10:00 1985


>> > How about a ban because it is both disgusting and illegal?  It would have
>> > to be made illegal on the grounds that it is disgusting. (ray)
>> 
>> This is Ray on pornography.  His brilliance is still astounding to me.
>> I mean, you read this, and the words "why is the fact that you find something
>> disgusting a reason to ban it?" are on the tip of the tongue from the capital
>> "H" straight through to the question mark!  THIS is what brilliant satire is
>> all about.  (richie)
>> -- 
>
> By the way, for those of you who are not aware of the censorship that Richie 
> performs on other's postings for the purposes of substantiating his otherwise
> weak arguments, the above posting of mine dealt entirely on CHILD porn, not
> porn in general as Richie would have us believe.

First, what you are accusing Richie is not censorship, but quoting out of
context. Second, it doesn't matter what you were specifically talking about,
it was your reasoning that was being attacked. All Richie was doing was
assuming that you are consistent in your reasoning (disgusting -> ban it).
If what you are trying to tell us is that you are not consistent, I suggest
that you keep your mouth shut until you have some firm idea of what the hell
you're talking about (by the way, just in case you don't know, this isn't
censorship either. Perhaps you should look up the word "censorship" in a
good dictionary before going on.)

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

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