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Article #18Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
From: John R. Shaw
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:00
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On Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:21:07 GMT, alchemy@interlog.com (Morton Goldmacher) wrote: > By the way, obscenity is well defined judicially. How can obscenity ever be defined in a way that is more than relative and subject to personal interpretation and local 'community standards'. Would Canada 40 years ago have used the same definition as is used now? Will they in 40 years form now. It is clearly a relative thing, and subject to personal interpretation (and therefore abuse). Are not the 'nude beaches' in BC considered obscene in some (many ?) parts of Canada, and are illegal (even if the statute used to prohibit them is not defined as 'obscenity' the intent is the same). This is a key point in discussing censorship, there is always the assumption that obscenity can be impartially defined, but a lot of cases would seem to indicate it's judgement and local 'community standards', and simple prudishness in some cases. *********************************************************** homepage at <http://www.icons.net/~horton/BayView.html> ***********************************************************
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: 12c2cc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid12c2cc,public X-Google-Thread: 115882,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid115882,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 13d6bc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid13d6bc,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public From: horton@icons.net (John R. Shaw) Subject: Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups Date: 1996/07/19 Message-ID: <31ef897d.46331288@news.icons.net> X-Deja-AN: 168861969 distribution: inet references: <4rmsbp$5ur@insight.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <4shftu$jpr@news.inforamp.net> <DuoAwo.CrB@ferret.ocunix.on.ca> <4siuqa$qa@news.inforamp.net> <DupvDx.CwA@ferret.ocunix.on.ca> <31ede7d6.1190911@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> <4smad1$488@news.interlog.com> organization: Internet Connectivity Services Inc., Ottawa,ON,Canada reply-to: horton@icons.net newsgroups: inforamp.general,inforamp.support,alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,can.legal,can.infohighway,tor.general,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.society.civil-liberty,ont.general