On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:09:18AM +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > Americans naturally know far better than I ever will), one does have some > reason to believe the "speech" in 1A is mostly targeted at political speech, > even if the meaning is implied. That's a common argument with which many Americans would probably agree. Eric Freedman at Hofstra law school has written a nice piece refuting it. It may even be available online. > >(The landmark Supreme Court cases on obscenity, like Miller, have to do > >with fairly gross obscenity. Not that I agree they were justified, but the > >"online decency" issue is a long way from what the Supremes have said may > >be banned.) > > So how about the "prevailing community standard" part? The prevailing community standards of online communities like xxx sites seem to be pretty liberal. :) > Agreed. But I do think self-labelling is a nice gesture, and may even afford > one a direct means of targeting a site specifically for the kind of people Perhaps, but nice gestures lead to slippery slopes, IMHO. -Declan
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