[Aquinasfan]

How on earth could someone have even the most cursory acquaintance with FR and still believe that the government is legitimately empowered to engage in social engineering under the guise of "promoting the general welfare"??

Criminalizing an intrinsic evil like pornography is "social engineering"? Do all laws represent "social engineering? What are laws for but to prevent evil and punish evildoers?

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Pornography was universally criminalized in our country until the '50s, as far as I know.

[imfleck]

Well, here's the rub: pornography isn't evil (intrinsic or not) nor is it illegal. As a matter of fact, it is generally protected as a form of free speech.

You say it's evil, I say it isn't. I at least have the law on my side of the argument.