To: ConservingFreedom; Responsibility2nd; GeronL; metmom; trisham; BykrBayb; samiam1972
Some objections to "even the hint of opposition" may be in anticipation of a leap from 'it's bad' to 'it should be banned.' Okay, let's look at the other side. What if certain aspects of pornography WERE banned? What if there were absolute standards of what could and couldn't be published? And let's just assume that all censorship would stop with this. Would this really be so bad?
115 posted on
08/26/2014 9:16:30 AM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
Some objections to "even the hint of opposition" may be in anticipation of a leap from 'it's bad' to 'it should be banned.'Okay, let's look at the other side. What if certain aspects of pornography WERE banned? What if there were absolute standards of what could and couldn't be published? And let's just assume that all censorship would stop with this. Would this really be so bad?
There's probably a line I'd be OK with (e.g., no torture or murder, simulated or real) ... but then, I'm not a libertarian.
118 posted on
08/26/2014 10:47:30 AM PDT by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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