Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Slippery definitions Message-ID: <733@rtech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 22:44:08 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.733 Posted: Thu Nov 7 22:44:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 16:38:11 EST References: <85@ubc-cs.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 23 > > Let's start with my definitions. (non-legalese, hopefully non-slippery) > > Harmful sex: sexual acts in which one or more participants are unwilling, > or under the age of consent, or in which one or more participants are > physically injured. > Pornography: material in the communications media that depicts or describes > harmful sex acts, regardless of whether it was made by such acts; or > material made by acts of harmful sex, whether or not it depicts or > describes such acts. > What to do with pornography: make it a criminal act to produce or distribute > it. > > --Jamie. (spokesman(jamie, X) <-> eq(X, jamie)) Lots of legitimate literature depicts or describes harmful sex acts as you have defined them (e.g. Roots, the Bible). You need to tighten up your definitions. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff