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Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography  (CONTEST)
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 20:04:50 EDT
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> > > 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)