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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.204618.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
- Lines: 39
- Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1992Dec22.085300.1@mrluv2.dsto.oz.au> <1hk002INNa1j@zikzak.apana.org.au> <11521@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 11:46:18 GMT
-
- In article <11521@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, anthony@cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) writes:
- > I don't understand why whenever the word "pornographic" comes up
- > everyone associates it with censorship and rights. If you want
- > to talk about the rights of people wanting to look at
- > pornographic pictures then what about the rights of people who
- > have to suffer as a consequence of those pictures. Some argue
- > the possibility is small and that there is no hard evidence
- > linking rapes and sexual abuses with pornographic picture.
- >
- > I want to say forget about your hard evidence and look at your
- > own instinct (here I am talking to males on the net). Most
- > people at one time or another is bombarded with pictures of naked
- > females. Even the recent Kentucky Fried Chicken ad on TV has
- > pictures of nearly naked females. Now can you tell me honestly
- > that if you look at these pictures, you don't get turned on
-
- Ah, so you have just asserted that 'naked females' are a 'community
- accepted norm' and then ask that we accept from you assertions that
- other images are 'pornographic'? Plus, just to ice the farce, a plea
- to ignore any evidence!!
-
- > If you can't live with dirty pictures on your X-terminal
- > then why don't you just buy a copy of Penthouse and scan the
- > picture and have it as your background.
- >
-
- Them you exort us to commit a criminal offence.
-
- > Please try to think of this issue as a matter of protecting the
- > rights of women and childern. It is not a issue of big brother.
- >
-
- I think of it as an issue of protecting my childrens rights from 'protectors'
- such as your self.
-
- Get a Usenet
-
- ~Paul
-
-