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- From: sbrack@jupiter.cse.UTOLEDO.edu (Steven S. Brack)
- Subject: Re: [news.admin] Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 08:41:21 GMT
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- : From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
- : Newsgroups: news.admin
- : Subject: Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
- : Message-ID: <3716@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- : Date: 14 Aug 92 03:36:23 GMT
- :
- : In article <920811.1523457463@foucault.postmodern.com> mcb@foucault.postmodern.com (Michael C. Berch) writes:
- : >I've stayed out of this so far, but I don't think you understand how
- : >offensive I (and others) find the above paragraph. 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.
- :
- : For a person who is usually relatively well informed, this is a remarkably
- : *stupid* and insulting remark.
-
- It does no good commit the same acts yourself you find abhorrent
- in others.
- :
- : 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.
-
- No one said Canada was evil. What was said only shows the evil
- of a system of censorship.
-
- : And why should I, or anybody else bust their butt to "save" crap like
- : this? Crap who's only legacy is oppression, misery or even death [ie:
- : Keegstra or Zundel].
-
- Because that's a person's opinion, who is free to hold that opinion.
- Because now, the censors are coming for those of "unacceptable"
- sexuality. Who will speak up when the censors come after unacceptable
- politics? unacceptable religions? races? As Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
- said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-
- : >I have no interest in giving even trivial respect
- : >to Canadian laws that restrict freedom of expression.
- :
- : How about a little respect for the desires, laws and traditions of
- : other countries?
-
- A country can only desire what its majority desires. Do you
- advocate we ignore minority groups' right to express their
- opinion?
-
- : >I consider them
- : >an offense to human rights and urge you to oppose them, to struggle
- : >against them, to rise up and dismantle the institutions that
- : >implement them, by means of the ballot, by means of protest, civil
- : >disobedience, demonstration, samizdat, interference, and unblinking
- : >opposition.
- :
- : Why? So a couple of morons get to jack off in from of their computer
- : terminals? So that I have to *pay* for this shit?
-
- Weren't you complaining about "stupid and insulting" remarks?
- I find your comment to be highly insulting. That you deem yourself
- judge of appropriateness for me, or for anyone else, is appalling.
- It's Hitleresque.
-
- : >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.
-
- If you're still smarting over 1812, you need to get on with your
- life. All he said was that Americans have an obligation not to
- knuckle under to the pressure of the censors.
-
- : Shows what little you know.
-
- If you can't have a rational discussion, then you'd best not be
- involed in the discussion.
-
- : The Ontario Film Review Board does not
- : censor movies. Hasn't for a number of years. It now only provides
- : ratings. ["anne.jones" notwithstanding ;-)]
-
- Many people consider film ratings to be a form of censorship.
-
- e.g.: Film Board gives move a bad rating, like "R" in this country.
- Movie houses don't show it, 'cuz it has an "R" rating.
- Persons under 17 are prohibited from seeing it. That's
- censorship.
-
- : >So if censorship (and pressures to resist it, i.e., by cross-border sites
- : >that send you "illegal" material) gives you a problem, get on your
- : >MLA's case. Don't come whining to Americans telling us to cool it; I
- : >think instead we should turn up the heat.
- :
- : So you have just gotta save us from ourselves.
-
- Puh-leeze! Your inflammatory remarks really won't help.
-
- : Save us from evangelical Americans who simply cannot accept that there are
- : ways, *viable* ways, other than theirs.
-
- I don't accept that the government needs to "save" me from seeing
- whatever material I *choose* to see. Few rational people would.
-
- : It's attitudes like this that make the term "ugly american" so appropriate.
-
- And, in turn, it's attitudes like these that cause Americans to
- believe, equally as unjustified, in the rudeness & snobbery of
- foreigners.
-
- : MLAs? More ignorance. MPs.
- : MLAs are the term for some provincial politicians. This issue is federal.
-
- But did the province or the feds get upset?
-
-
-