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From: gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Net.Porn ?
Keywords: porn, underage, lawsuit
Message-ID: <15023@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 5 Oct 88 11:04:47 GMT
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In-reply-to: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)

In article <541@optilink.UUCP>, cramer@optilink (Clayton Cramer) writes:

>Mr. Dyer seems to be confusing what I'm saying could happen, with what
>I personally believe.  I want you to picture a jury in a small town in
>the MidWest (or even California) when the plaintiff's attorney explains
>that soc.motss is a place where homosexuals socialize and discuss
>aspects of being homosexual, and that SiteX BBS service provides
>access to such by impressionable children.

  But why is it that you think your net.scribblings are protected
in some way which Dyer & Company does not enjoy? And why are you
so concerned about soc.motss in particular? I don't see why
*this* group is especially likely to cause problems, whereas
talk.religion.newage, or rec.games.frp, or even ca.politics are
somehow clearly not a potential problem. Your answer "my ravings
are protected by the first amendment, but Dyer's aren't" is both
wrong and irrelevant.

  While Berkeley is clearly not a hick town in the sense you are
seeking, it might be instructive to look at what Momma's little
darling can lay his hands on here. First, right here on campus a
free gay newspaper (sometimes another) is distributed. Also,
People's World and the Militant and propaganda publications of
the Soviet Union are sometimes distributed for free. For 75 cents
Junior can buy The Spectator out of a newsstand, with every kink
known to man or dog on the inside. Soc.motss? Don't make me
laugh.
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ucbvax!garnet!gsmith       Gene Ward Smith/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
Intolerance is a state of mind, rudeness is a way of life. -- C. Wingate