Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!eagle!allegra!karn From: karn@allegra.UUCP (Phil Karn) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Pornography Message-ID: <2290@allegra.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 20:03:09 EST Article-I.D.: allegra.2290 Posted: Mon Feb 20 20:03:09 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 08:14:02 EST References: <496@shark.UUCP> <209@unisoft.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 22 I am reminded of an old saying that tells a lot about why people disagree over what constitutes pornography: "What turns ME on is erotic; what turns YOU on is pornographic." People's tastes in all things vary so widely (and erotica/pornography is only one small area) that I think it's best to leave things alone so long as only consenting adults are involved. Rhetorical question: Suppose I asserted that all religion should be outlawed in the US because a) it is offensive to me as an agnostic and b) several forms of it have been responsible for much savage mistreatment of humans by other humans throughout history? It seems to me that those who advocate censorship of "sexually oriented materials" use very similar arguments. If everyone who is offended by the private practices of others could have their way, there wouldn't be much of anything left legal. Phil