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- ...presents... Whose Morality?
- by Tequila Willy
-
- >>> a cDc publication.......1990 <<<
- -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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- Quite recently, I was reading the August, 1990 issue of Playboy magazine
- and it was reported that in the city of Cincinnati, "...no depictions of erotic
- passion shall be allowed to disturb the moral equilibrium and civic serenity of
- Tehran-on-the-Ohio."
-
- It further went on to explain that no depictions meant the censorship of
- adult bookstores, adult movie theaters, peep shows, strip joints, pornographic
- video cassettes, and raunchy skin magazines.
-
- Holy cow, I don't know about you folks, but I like sex! I like looking at
- pictures of naked women. I think pornographic videos are great. Now I don't
- view pornography every day, but I feel good knowing I have the right to legally
- purchase such material from someone who is willing to sell it.
-
- Just who are these people that not only want to censor this material but
- are successfully doing so? A wild guess might land us at the conclusion that
- religious fanatics and ultra-conservative political organizations might be
- behind this plot to violate your First Amendment Rights. By censoring messages
- which they feel threatened by, these groups seem to think they are doing "God's
- work." Personally, I think that this is un-Constitutional and un-American.
-
- This censorship is not only successful in banning pornography, but also in
- banning the sale of 2 Live Crew's albums. Music stores are chock-full of
- albums with stickers warning the purchaser of their highly immoral content.
-
- So what's the bottom line here? Morality.
-
- If morality is to dictate our actions, then we must ask ourselves what
- morality is. Perhaps God has outlined morality for us. But, is there really a
- God? As an empiricist I find no evidence supporting the existence of God and
- therefore I must rationally conclude that God does not exist. After all, if I
- am to believe in God I must do so out of faith and faith is defined as "...a
- nonrational belief."
-
- If we can't rationally draw the foundation of morality from an outside
- supreme being, then how can we dictate morality? First let's understand what
- morality is.
-
- Morality: noun 1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous
- conduct. 2. sexual virtue. 3. moral quality or character. 4. the doctrine or
- system of morals; ethics; duties...
-
- Now let's take another look at the situation of censorship. Let's pretend
- we are in a position to make laws, or in a position to write laws which will
- affect the people of this great nation. If Moniki Mombowazi, a lobbyist, tells
- us that Hustler magazine is immoral and it should be banned, how should we
- rationally decide the validity of such a claim?
-
- If morality is a doctrine or system of morals, ethics, and duties, then
- where do we draw our ethical behavior from? Ethics ask us what prescriptions
- for behavior or intentions are justified and how. In order to determine what
- prescriptions for behavior are justified we must consider what is right or
- wrong. Acts that bring us pleasure we tend to call good and acts that bring
- pain we can call wrong.
-
- To expand on this idea let us consider the following example. If I am
- hungry and I eat, my body rewards me with a good feeling of satisfaction. If I
- leap out of a twenty foot tree, I may derive pleasure from the experience of
- falling through the air, but my body responds with a negative feeling of pain
- upon hitting the ground. My body seems to communicate to me what is good for
- its survival and what is bad for its survival. My body rewards me when I do
- things which perpetuate my existence. Eating then is ethical, while landing on
- the ground after a twenty foot fall is not.
-
- Since I experience many people who appear to operate - at least
- biologically - very similar to myself then it would be rational to assume that
- they experience the world much as I do - though their interpretations may be
- vastly different. With this in mind it would seem that if I were to inflict
- pain on others then my behavior would be unethical because, as my body has
- demonstrated to me, pain is wrong. Therefore, pleasure is ethical as long as
- it does not infringe upon the pleasure of others.
-
- Now we have a logical and rational definition of a set of rules and
- behaviors by which we can logically dictate morality. With this definition,
- there is no reason to ban Hustler magazine.
-
- Censorship is designed to keep you docile and ignorant. Don't let it win.
- Pornography may not be for you. Rock and Roll music may not be for you. Don't
- let the religious fanatics decide what is for you. Don't let them turn America
- into a nation of check-mailing nincompoops (in the name of Jesus Christ).
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- This uncensored content of this official Cult of the Dead Cow text file
- is protected by the Constitution of the United States.
-
- To learn more about the Constitution write: Constitution, Washington D.C.
- 20599. (The Commission on the Bicentennial of The U.S. Constitution.)
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