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- From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: [alt.censorship] Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
- Message-ID: <9208171528.AA13356@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Originator: daemon@eff.org
- Sender: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 05:28:52 GMT
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- Newsgroups: alt.censorship
- From: cmort@NCoast.ORG (Christopher Morton)
- Subject: Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 02:23:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.022353.5994@NCoast.ORG>
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- As quoted from <1992Aug15.213252.22415@sfu.ca> by kiefer@connext.ucs.sfu.ca (Theresa Kiefer):
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- > The question of censorship is a tricky one, however, because censors after all,
- > exist to censor, and they don't usually act in the interests of women when they
- > doit - they act as representatives of the state, and this is problematic to say
- > the least.
-
- Censors rarely if ever act in anyone's interest but their own, whatever that
- might be.
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- > However, at SFU, I think it is safe to say that the removal of the alt.sex
- > groups will not prevent anyone from having access to pornographic ideas if
- > these are of interest to them. All they have to do is turn on the television,
- > if they want access to the ideas. Sexually explicit pictoral material is
- > available in many places. I'm not so sure the discussion groups should have
- > been cancelled, since these were often a legitimate forum for discourse, and do
- > not intrude on people wandering through a given lab in the way that an
- > unencoded .gif file has a way of doing... Freedom of speech is not absolute.
- > In a community, such as SFU, it is both relevant and important to consider the
- > needs of the various constituants in order to provide a tolerant and inclusive
- > environment for learning. This includes the unlearning of sexism.
-
- I'd say that it includes your right to advocate the unlearning of sexism, just
- as it includes the right of somebody else to advocate the contrary.
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