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> more than a little repulsive to see people up in arms about it. Agreed. Equating free speech with the ability to trade in sexual images of children is about

by zotz 15y ago

> more than a little repulsive to see people up in arms about it. Agreed. Equating free speech with the ability to trade in sexual images of children is about the low-water mark for political philosophy applied to communications tech. All that being said, I miss the pre-AOL usenet.

pyre 15y ago
> sexual images of children The real question is how far can you stretch this definition. If you find someone jacking off to a picture of a mother holding her newborn baby, is that image now 'sexual' and fair game for censorship? What about a couch[1]? [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGU7MlDYgXA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGU7MlDYgXA