Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccivax!rb From: rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography (CONTEST) Message-ID: <260@ccivax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 20:04:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ccivax.260 Posted: Tue Sep 17 20:04:50 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 05:35:26 EDT References: <369@scirtp.UUCP> <1625@ihuxl.UUCP> <11317@rochester.UUCP> <393@scirtp.UUCP> <259@ccivax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Telephony Systems Group, Rochester NY Lines: 45 > > > We as intelligent rational beings can surely make guidelines differenciating > > > between watching people take a shit in a porn movie > > > and the more wholesome freee > > > media enlightening us to local and world events. > > If the people take a shit or whatever in the movie, the patron > should be told in advance. I think there may be a greater need > for 'truth in advertising' laws governing porn, but you can't > regulate it if you make it illegal. I would like to elaborate on the 'truth in advertizing' angle, Many localities pass laws requiring "shrink wrap" on porn to prevent "browsing". The rating system makes no indication as to the offensive content of a movie. The main reason many people are offended may be because they haven't qualified their material. HBO and other Premium services have begun using such quick phrases as 'nudity', 'violence', 'offensive language' and the like to dissuade viewers who are offended by these things. Let's try being a little more creative shall we? Blood ------- Scenes of extreme violence (Peckenpaw style) Heads ------- Decapitation, Dismemberment (Warhol style) Hero ------- The good guy wins. Villian ------- The bad guys win. Crime ------- Crimes are commited by Glamourous People VCrime ------- Violent crimes are commited by Glamourous People Fashion ------- silk stockings, loungerie, or other fetishes Gay(M) ------- Homosexuality is descussed or characters are Gay Gay(R) ------- A Homosexual Relationship in Plot Gay(X) ------- A Homosexual Relationship is depicted (specify Men/Women in all Gay) Of course, the Sears Catalogue could even qualify on at least a few cases "all those women in their undies gawking at each other, disgusting (or arousing). I won't even go into the Lenny Bruce routines reguarding the choice of having a kid watch "horror films" vs. "seduction films". (I'm not even here)