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To: Modernman
It's not okay for them, either, but it's not my job, nor the job of society or government, to stop consenting adults from engaging in bad behavior that does not hurt anyone else. I am very hesitant to allow government the power to punish adults for engaging in activities that hurt only those adults.

I'll mention seatbelt laws again. The government already has all the power it needs to make porn and prostitution illegal.

434 posted on 04/07/2004 12:43:04 PM PDT by biblewonk (The only book worth reading, and reading, and reading.)
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To: biblewonk
I'll mention seatbelt laws again.

No first amendment issues are raised when it comes to seatbelt use. Porn, on the other hand, is a type of film-making (or photography, or writing, whatever). A legitimate argument can be made that it is a type of speech. It does put forth a message- i.e., that promiscuity is a good thing.

The government already has all the power it needs to make porn and prostitution illegal.

Prostitution, yes, since that isn't a type of speech. Porn falls under protected speech.

439 posted on 04/07/2004 12:58:07 PM PDT by Modernman (Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde)
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