On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
Maybe, maybe not. I'm the first to agree that porn *should* be treated as equal to other speech,
But 'porn' is no more speech than 'murder' is. What makes porn so offensive isn't the pictures, but the ACTS that had to be commited to create the speech. No where in the 1st does it say that you can say and do anything you want as long as it contains 'speech'. While the 'speech' part is really irrelevant (and a wrong-headed way to resolve the issues relating to the acts) there is still the component of the acts against minors that needs to be dealt with. Those acts are in no way 'speech'. -- ____________________________________________________________________ natsugusa ya...tsuwamonodomo ga...yume no ato summer grass...those mighty warriors'...dream-tracks Matsuo Basho The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------