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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 18:46:52 GMT
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Duane Hess wrote: > > 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 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 http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=2535 and it's followups if you want to see the details). > or get maced sometime. I feel that both are pretty violent and > they have both happened to me. I've never been maced thankfully, but having a gun pulled on me was plenty enough excitement to last me a lifetime. -- Frank Filz ----------------------------- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com

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		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) I don't want to make light of your experience (alright... I do, but it's only meant in jest), but isn't it usually the other way around? :-) (...) The macing was unfortunately an assault by a gang of kids at a pool hall one night. I should (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Guns & crowbars & mace, oh my (was: not SPAM)
(...) Around here, police officers have the option of carrying mace and/or pepper spray as a weapon, but if they choose to exercise that option, they must be willing to undergo the effects - in other words, they voluntarily get maced. James (who (...) (25 years ago, 10-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)
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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