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Subject:	Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:37:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you advocating limits on speech rights? If you > > > > > > > > don't want your kids exposed to porn and violence - monitor what they are > > > > > > > > watching. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What if a kid has a parent that does not care - is that OK? What if the > > > > > > > violence/porn is exploitative - is that OK? > > > > > > > > > > > > That's the parent's duty - not mine, or the governments for that matter > > > > > > either. > > > > > > > > > > So you would rather that kid was corrupted, than some sort of age check > > > > > system was used? > > > > > > > > Are you sure that the child will be corrupted? I would rather that the child > > > > be exposed to the realities of life so that it can form its own opinion on > > > > what is right/wrong. > > > > > > "realities of life"? You think violence in movies and pornography represent > > > the "realities of life"? It looks like my life is duller than I thought. > > > > > > Then I'm assuming that you've never had sex, or been in a fist-fight. > > Why? Pornography is just a graphical depiction of sex. Sex happens in real life. Violence happens in real life to varying degrees. Get threatened with a crow-bar, or get maced sometime. I feel that both are pretty violent and they have both happened to me. > > Scott A >

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		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) I see your crow-bar and raise you a gun (no I didn't get shot, but I did have a gas station attendant pull a gun on me (see (URL) and it's followups if you want to see the details). (...) I've never been maced thankfully, but having a gun (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) It does yes. But not as it is depicted in pornography. (...) You must be mixing with the wrong people. Violence in the movies is not the same as in real life. Perhaps the US's fascination with gun culture would be lessened if the movies (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) Why? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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