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To: Dan from Michigan

I am really confused; is somebody on this thread saying you don't know indecency when you see it?

You?


435 posted on 01/12/2005 12:59:26 PM PST by Howlin (I need my Denny Crane!)
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To: Howlin; F16Fighter
I am really confused; is somebody on this thread saying you don't know indecency when you see it?

I have what I personally think is "indecent"(or "unacceptable" as the term I usually use), but that's a matter of opinion which matters only in my house and with how I conduct my life.

The question of "indecency" is who defines it and how specificly is it defined, instead of this gray area we have. The FCC cases of the past two years demonstrate the question.

Being active in the second amendment movements, as well as working in an in issue advocacy department in the 02 elections, I know more than I'd ever want to know about word meanings, definitions, and tricks.

I've seen terms like "Gun Safety" twisted from meaning the NRA's hunter safety classes to "Gun control". I've seen "assault weapon" mean a zillion different things. I've seen mainstream gun rights orgs classified as pornography by AOL in an excuse by them to shut down pro-2a websites. I had to be extremely careful in my issue advocacy job in how terms like for, against, support, oppose, etc were used.

That is largely why I take such a hard line on censorship issues, and is why my guard is up so much when I see anything to do with Don Wildmon or the FCC - and is why I reacted as I did to F16Fighter's post.

533 posted on 01/12/2005 1:32:38 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("I can't name a single accomplishment of Debbie Stabenow." - Rep. Leon Drolet)
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