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echo: askacop
to: TOM RIGHTMER
from: CHRISTOPHER COYNE
date: 1998-01-14 23:51:00
subject: Re: Censorship

TR> Let's try a humorous example first and see if it fits your standard. You
TR> receive a brochure labeled, "Cannibal Weekend for two, make your
TR> reservations
TR> early and eat the person of your choice." "Please see the attached
TR> photos of
TR> people who will be eaten this weekend and make a carefull selection." I
TR> wonder if advertising of this nature would represent a clear and present
TR> immediate danger for those who are scheduled to be eaten. Some might
TR> think
TR> this is an outlandish example, but I bet we could find some perverts who
TR> would pay for this weekend. They might call the spot "Dammer's Getaway."
TR> 
Although I don't agree with it, no, it doesn't.  However, I could see the fun 
in it:>
TR> Let's take a couple of other examples and see if they work. How about
TR> the
TR> open commercial availability of kiddy porn? Could the demand for such
TR> material cause the victimization of children and represent a clear and
TR> present immediate danger? How about the open commercial availability of
TR> "
Yes, it is a danger to the children involved with it.
TR> snuff films?" Same question.
I don't know what snuff films refer to.  Sorry.
TR> of SOME reasonable censorship. I certainly buy your example as being
TR> very
TR> logical.
Thanx.
Peace.
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