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11-13-2002

But do you think Amazon should be listing books encouraging criminal behavior? I may differ from a lot of humanist/pinkos in this respect, but I am very pro-law and order. And not the TV show, though it used to be good. *rim shot*

If you have a book like the Anarchist's Cookbook which is questionably offering tips on how to build bombs and it does not have an EDUCATIONAL purpose, again difficult to debate in this case, should you make it readily available to the public? If you really want to censor a book put it in the library since no Americans go there anyhow.

There are no books out there that give you 14 recipes for a dirty bomb, so there obviously is a line drawn somewhere. I'm torn on the issue since I'm very literary in nature, and totally pro-expression. But the obscenity laws say that unless something has ARTISTIC value, it can be obscene. Do these books have artistic value, or do they benefit the public in any way? Would reading a book about boylovers be considered useful?

C.

11-13-2002	#11
Cal Guest Posts: n/a	But do you think Amazon should be listing books encouraging criminal behavior? I may differ from a lot of humanist/pinkos in this respect, but I am very pro-law and order. And not the TV show, though it used to be good. rim shot If you have a book like the Anarchist's Cookbook which is questionably offering tips on how to build bombs and it does not have an EDUCATIONAL purpose, again difficult to debate in this case, should you make it readily available to the public? If you really want to censor a book put it in the library since no Americans go there anyhow. There are no books out there that give you 14 recipes for a dirty bomb, so there obviously is a line drawn somewhere. I'm torn on the issue since I'm very literary in nature, and totally pro-expression. But the obscenity laws say that unless something has ARTISTIC value, it can be obscene. Do these books have artistic value, or do they benefit the public in any way? Would reading a book about boylovers be considered useful? C.