PETER BRADIE (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 20:29 on 28 Oct 2002:

SH> What have the courts done about written porn, pornographic writing about
SH> children?

 PB> I really don't know, Steven, since written porn has tremendous 1st
 PB> Amendment  protection.  I've a sneaking suspicion that it'd be
 PB> settled on a case by case  basis, and the "no redeeming
 PB> features..." standard is a tough hurdle to  overcome.

Understood.  Even here where the protection of freedom of expression is not
as strong as it is down there, the first case where the State charged
someone with written porn in his possession was thrown out because the work
was considered to have literary merit. 

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 

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