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To: Melas
With that in mind, I think it's important for a free society to thoughfully and carefully consider not only the possible from moral legislation, but the possible detriment to liberty as well.

Are you saying that the prohibition or regulation of pornography could be detrimental to the author's or photographer's liberty? Are you going to victimize them?

488 posted on 10/01/2004 9:01:12 PM PDT by Mockingbird For Short ("God and George W. Bush, a Spiritual Life" by Paul Kengor--- a great read.)
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To: Mockingbird For Short
Are you saying that the prohibition or regulation of pornography could be detrimental to the author's or photographer's liberty? Are you going to victimize them?

I'm saying that it's not as simple as it may first appear. For example, I'm not even sure what you mean by pornography. The definition seems to change from speaker to speaker. Is Playboy pornography, or does pornography require the depiction of sex acts? If Playboy is pornography, then why aren't nude paintings pornography? Those just examples, not the actual thrust of my argument.

In other words, I'm asking for careful, deliberate, considerate contemplation of the matter at hand instead of endless generalities. And yes, I am saying that I don't want to live in a society that seeks to do away with authors like Nabokov, Metalious, Lawrence, etc. I'll find any and all efforts to turn my society into such an oppresive one.

506 posted on 10/02/2004 12:11:49 PM PDT by Melas
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