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From: gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith)
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Subject: Re: Net.Porn ?
Keywords: porn, underage, lawsuit
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Date: 10 Oct 88 04:56:59 GMT
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In-reply-to: skyler@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Patricia Roberts)

In article <5532@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, skyler@ecsvax (Patricia Roberts) writes:

>And it's worth while to keep in mind that freedom of speech for political
>speech is not an absolute right.

  We might recall in this connection the public apology for a
"let's assassinate X if the election turns out in such and such a
way" posting. I think this is political speech, and protected by
the first amendment. Evidently, the Secret Service held another
view. Clayton Cramer may wish to ponder the significance of this
for the net.
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