Obscenity bust in Connecticut?

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Robin

Having a written constitution is an interesting thing - especially the Bill of Rights. In the UK there are all the laws telling you what you may *not* do and none at all telling you what you *may*. Theoretically this means that in the UK if it's not against the law it's legal. But in practise it means if someone doesn't like what you do they can find a way to make it illegal.

On the other hand, in the US it seems that allowing local decency rules etc to override the constitution removes those rights wherever a local community sees fit.

So I'm of two minds which system offers the more freedoms (if either - because the state always wins in the end )

Robin...a long time ago, a British acquaintance was complaining about his future job opportunities, because he was "so old." I goggled, as we have laws protecting people from age discrimination. I goggled again because the man was only 40 years old. I couldn't believe that companies in Britain could discriminate on the basis of age...or that the age in question could be such a youthful one.

State laws can not, in fact, override federal ones, as a lot of "States Rights" advocates have repeatedly discovered.

The referendum for the use of medical marijuana passed easily in California. Implementing it has been difficult.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Robin...a long time ago, a British acquaintance was complaining about his future job opportunities, because he was "so old." I goggled, as we have laws protecting people from age discrimination. I goggled again because the man was only 40 years old. I couldn't believe that companies in Britain could discriminate on the basis of age...or that the age in question could be such a youthful one.

Again ,They can't in theory , but they do in reality.

[Mike AI]

Bush's fault!

[JR]

uhm.... sorry to be the voice of reality here... but i dont see where "obscenity" has anything to do with this other than the fact that the author planted that suggestion.

call me silly, but 30 members of the police force came to her house? i would think that would have been a pretty well planned out operation and part of a long, ongoing investigation and they knew what they were after... and its probably a safe assumption that they were following all legal procedures.

funny everyone is ready to assume the government is evil and discuss constitutional rights of the alleged "victem" ... and no one was ready to assume she was producing child porn or selling heroin online... or picking up hitchhikers, photographing their murder and selling the pics.

the fact is... you have no information at all to make any assessment of what happened.. all you know is the basics of what did happen and no clue as to why.

the day i become so paranoid about my government and my own sense of freedom and security will be the day i put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger.

[sudden]

Originally Posted by JR

the day i become so paranoid about my government and my own sense of freedom and security will be the day i put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger.

Who gets to photograph when you pull the trigger and sell the pics?