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To: dixie sass
I am all for the first amendment right of free speech, but sometimes you have to draw the line at what is decent and is just plain filth.

I'm thinking that it shouldn't be an issue of "free speech."

No one is telling these pornographers that they can't sell, "express", ect...their filth. Just not to kids. That's why they call it "adult language," "adult behavior."

Just as a liquor store owner can't sell to minors, he can control who he sells to. The porno pirates don't care, they can't regulate just who looks at their trash online. As long as it gets seen.

Sick.

17 posted on 06/29/2004 5:29:43 PM PDT by kstewskis ("kstewskis has the best desktop and screensaver in cyberspace..." Mel Gibson)
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To: kstewskis
No one is telling these pornographers that they can't sell, "express", ect...their filth. Just not to kids. That's why they call it "adult language," "adult behavior."

The question the Supreme Court is kicking down to lower courts is whether practical means exist by which pornographers can ensure that their works are not sent to children without having to withhold them from adults as well.

From a practical standpoint, I don't really know what can be accomplished legislatively, since offshore companies can still send in whatever they want.

19 posted on 06/29/2004 10:03:14 PM PDT by supercat (Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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