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From: seibel@cgl.ucsf.edu (George Seibel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: X-rated GIF files
Keywords: rude censorship
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Date: 18 May 89 02:05:46 GMT
References: <6138@ux.cs.man.ac.uk> <283@indri.primate.wisc.edu> <10707@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
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In article <10707@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> bdiscoe@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Ben W. Discoe) writes:
]In article <283@indri.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu writes:
]>From article <6138@ux.cs.man.ac.uk>, by arnold@ux.cs.man.ac.uk (Toby Howard):
]>> In article <1380@zeus.unl.edu> steimle@zeus.unl.edu (Scott A.) writes:
]>>>Does anyone know of any sources for X-rated GIF files?  
]>> 
]>> Get lost.
]>
]>Seconded.
]
]What is this, a convention of puritans?  The inquisition?  There are two sides
]to pornography, and if it happens to offend you, nobody says you have to see
]it!  I'm quite shocked to see a system as <usually> open-minded as the net
]cluttered with COMPLETELY useless and inappropriate insults.

COMPLETELY useless?  hardly.  A lot of people are *insulted* by pornography.
I think both responses were at least as appropriate as the original posting.
At least we're discussing it now...

]When I originally saw this posting, *I* ignored it because "X-rated" is boring,
]XX or XXX is more to MY taste.  But I see that there are people of quite
]opposite viewpoints who feel the need to blast their trite, most likely
]hypocritical insults at a simple, straightforward posting...

Wow.  I didn't know there was a classification scheme.  Is this an ANSI
standard?   Seriously, we need to be a little careful about what we do
on the net -  You may recall that a fairly benign joke in rec.humor.funny
precipited a national flap in which the press was referring to a "racist
database"   Think what a field day they would have with this.  "Taxpayers
money supports world-wide child-porn network!"

]The reason I'm bothering to post is because I would also appreciate references
]to pornographic GIF files, anon ftp of course, better quality preferred.  If
]pornography offends you, THIS newsgroup isn't the place to discuss it!

Yeah, and THIS newsgroup isn't the place to go looking for it, either.

]... Ben Discoe, starving tech student and endangered liberal at large.

liberal?  don't you mean libertarian?

George Seibel, UCSF