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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography
Message-ID: <635@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 11:07:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 11:07:40 1985
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Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
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In article <30973@lanl.ARPA> crs@lanl.ARPA writes:
>> ... I would like to see your reasons why child porn should be made illegal.
>> ray
>
>How about "because you can't make child porn without using children
>and it is already illegal to use children for such purposes" ???

What about written works?  Pornography existed long before the invention of
the camera, you know!  For one example, the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of
Sodom" contains several explicit descriptions of sexual depravity with
pre-adolescents... is it "child porn" or not?

AWR

P.S.:	Q: How do you celebrate the Marquis de Sade's birthday?
	A: Whip up a cake!