4 ms·
>Pornography is speech How did we get to this point? I assure you the idea that porn is speech is not an idea that the even liberal Brits would agree with.
by retox 4y ago
>Pornography is speech
How did we get to this point? I assure you the idea that porn is speech is not an idea that the even liberal Brits would agree with.
- pasabagi 4y agoEh, actually, stuff like Ulysses was considered pornography at one point. The point is, if you let the state draw the line on what is and isn't allowed speech, they'll draw it where it is convenient for them.
- int_19h 4y agoIn US, it was when attempts by the courts to define what distinguishes protected speech from obscenity ended up with the judge proclaiming, "I know it when I see it" (i.e. there was no clear articulable standard).