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- From: hhll@milton.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas)
- Subject: Re: [news.admin] Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
- Message-ID: <hhll.713839619@milton>
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- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <9208141531.AA00320@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:46:59 GMT
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- >>I have absolutely no interest in any cooperation, no matter how
- >>slight, with any form of state censorship. I believe that censorship is
- >>not merely evil but Evil, and if your government gives you problems
- >>about that, I think you should oppose them.
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- >For a person who is usually relatively well informed, this is a remarkably
- >*stupid* and insulting remark.
-
- >In case you missed it, Canada is not only a democracy, but these laws
- >enjoy the overwhelming support of the entire country. State censorship?
- >Bullshit. The state is us. Evil? You're calling the entire country evil.
- >At least Reagan had the sense to try to back out of his "evil empire"
- >remark, and his remark had a lot more validity than yours.
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >>And to that end I believe that it is not only a right but a duty of
- >>Americans to make it as difficult as possible for Canadian (or any
- >>other state's) censors to do their job.
-
- >Oh great. You gonna try to invade again? Go "save" somebody else.
- >We're simply not interested in what you're selling. We whupped you
- >last time you tried.
-
- >Save us from evangelical Americans who simply cannot accept that there are
- >ways, *viable* ways, other than theirs.
-
- >It's attitudes like this that make the term "ugly american" so appropriate.
-
-
- There's a lot that's ugly about American cultural values and the
- imperialism that attempts to spread them, but I'm afraid that respect for
- freedom of expression is not among them. Unlike Canada, America is
- 'ugliest' and least true when it fails to stand for diversity.
-
-
- Steven
-