To: Antoninus
If you could guarantee 100% that the liberals wouldn't try and extend government censorship past porn once a generation or two of Americans has gotten used to an internet that is censored by the government, I think most of us would support you and others like you.
But you can't guarantee that, because you know there are liberals who think that us saying bad things about illegals or Islam or posting cartoons of Mohammed or "Allah" are just as obscene as any pornography.
To: af_vet_rr
If you could guarantee 100% that the liberals wouldn't try and extend government censorship past porn once a generation or two of Americans has gotten used to an internet that is censored by the government, I think most of us would support you and others like you.
This is not hard. Obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, but almost everything else is. That has been enough of a defense since the founding of the Republic until the 1960s and could be again with a reasonable judiciary and people who actually understand the founding documents serving as elected officials.
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03/15/2012 1:36:53 PM PDT by
Antoninus
(The less virtuous a people, the greater its need for laws.)
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