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To: robertpaulsen
They just use a far-left definition of the word obscene.

To their sick minds, very little is obscene.

They can't achieve their agenda through legislation so they simply change the definitions of words to mean what they want.

It all depends on what the definition of "is" is.

294 posted on 07/14/2004 11:14:03 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe (You CAN legislate morality.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It has nothing to do with "obscene." It has to do with personal liberty. But, control freaks like you don't like the idea of personal liberty, do you?


298 posted on 07/14/2004 11:16:56 AM PDT by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
To their sick minds, very little is obscene.

In our legal system, to have something delcared obscene, you need to be able to convince a jury that it meets the defintion laid down by the supreme court.

Prosecutors rarely file obscenity charges because they know most Americans will not convict somebody of selling or producing pornographic materials, even if the jurors personally find the stuff in front of them to be vile. It's a herculean task for a prosecutor to get 12 people to agree that the images in front of them can be considered patently offensive.

Through their unwillingness to convict producers of consensual adult porn, the people have spoken on this issue.

301 posted on 07/14/2004 11:21:15 AM PDT by Modernman ("I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members" -Groucho Marx)
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