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To: biblewonk; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; restornu; GreatEconomy; Final Authority; xzins; marron; ...
Everyone has a different definition of porn. For me porn is anything that turns me on, which is just about anything. As long as it's straight.

Right, pretty much the same with me. Seems to me there is much ground to be gained here, as to defninitions of a. public, and b. child, and c. commercial, and, d. utterly unacceptable porn, which communities and state legislatures could use (also federal government for Internet, etc.). The same with verbal, etc. decency standards.

Difficult definitions should still be made, don't you think? They don't have to be utterly strict, they just have to be there. Know what? Those definitions are probably already out there, and being used. It's not quite the kind of thing that gets trumped up by mass media, though.

"Industry people" (whatever the industry) like to preserve the "right to police ourselves." No wonder that so many talk hosts, columnists, and paid talking heads are against regulation of the media - a no-brainer. Then of course, they like to avoid policing themselves. So, that's what checks and balances are for.

27 posted on 03/10/2004 7:51:41 AM PST by unspun (The uncontextualized life is not worth living. | I'm not "Unspun w/ AnnaZ" but I appreciate.)
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To: unspun
I think the cat is out of the bag whan you have legal porn and strip clubs and even prostitution for all practical purposes. We all know, myself included, mens appetites for such things. The imaginary line between 17.9 and 18 is laughable. Girls were married at 14 not too long ago right here in rivercity and now we're suppose to have a filter that kicks in at 18 years old. The hard decision to make is to de-legitimize the whole sex industry.
32 posted on 03/10/2004 8:17:30 AM PST by biblewonk (I must try to answer all bible questions.)
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To: unspun
Thank you so much for the ping! Indeed, these "difficult decisions should be made". It is the only way I know to protect the innocent.
44 posted on 03/10/2004 10:03:44 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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