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From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography
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Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 14:00:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 22 14:00:07 1985
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Summary: You don't need to ban something that's already illegal!

> > My normal impulse would be to agree with Scott.  But, if child porn was
> > to be banned, and if the reason given for banning it was that producing
> > it necessarily involves committing a crime, I would not be opposed to
> > such a ban.  If the reason given was that child porn is disgusting, or
> > that reading child porn gives people ideas about the sexual willingness
> > of children, I would be opposed.
> > 
Ray Frank writes:
> How about a ban because it is both disgusting and illegal?  It would have
> to be made illegal on the grounds that it is disgusting.  I would like
> to see your reasons for why child porn should be made illegal.

If it's already illegal, you don't HAVE to ban it -- it's ALREADY
BANNED! (Why isn't this obvious?)
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		Robert Plamondon
		{turtlevax, resonex, cae780}!weitek!robert