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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: New Game: ASTROTIT Part 1 of 2
Message-ID: <6653@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 15:27:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: steinmet.6653
Posted: Fri Jul 10 15:27:45 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 11:58:06 EDT
References: <3758@spool.WISC.EDU> <2749@ncoast.UUCP> <364@parcvax.Xerox.COM> <368@devon.UUCP> <3509@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Distribution: comp
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: censorship
Summary: Hogwash!

In article <3509@ecsvax.UUCP> mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) writes:
:
:
:I disagree that the psoting was specific enough about the degree
:of obscenity contained in this game. In fact some people might
:actually consider this sufficent grounds for closing down a
:computer or two. I think there are laws about using public
:communications systems i.e. the post and the phone system
:for the transmission of obscene material.

[ You're right, there are laws. I can't imagine that anyone would dream
of trying to apply them to this material. The law says that material
must (a) have no redeeming social value (it's a game), and (b) "appeal to
purile interests" (must cause sexual arousal). I think that this
program might be offensive to some, but I can't imagine anyone getting
aroused by it. ]
:
:I downloaded it, decoded and ran it once. I decided it was the
:sort of purile humor that makes children write rude messages
:on the bathroom wall. Apart from that it was a good program, but
:I destroyed it anyway - I wouldn't want my kids seeing this.

[ unless your kids are *very* young, they probably have been more
exposed than you think. I doubt that any aspect other than the game
would not hold their interest for long. ]
:
:Mike Gingell  ...decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg
:
:P.S. if any University Computer Systems has this program on file
:I suggest they destroy it, they might get in big trouble from
:local guardians of public morals.
[ such as this poster ]
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
  {chinet | philabs | sesimo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me