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In article <267tp3$f42@access.digex.net> jb@access.digex.net (John) writes:
>In article <CCr8J1.7vo@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mike@hopper.ACS.Virginia.EDU (Michael Chapman) writes:
>>In article <2665au$op3@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>,
>>Katarina Wong O'Gara <kkw@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>>>In article <CCqpqA.3G9@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
>>>Conrad Harrison Knudson <chk8u@galen.med.Virginia.EDU> wrote:
>>>>Is it not illegal to have porno. ads here?
>>>
>>>If it's not, it should be.  The Internet is gatewayed to high schools all
>>>over the country.  Also, how is Conrad's "friend" going to make sure his 
>>>buyer is over 21?  Make him drive to Virginia and show picture ID?  
>>>
>>
>>Who the hell cares?  It's not like 14-year-olds don't have sex.  Wake
>>up.  Anyway, I think 18 is the age of consent in most states (or lower)
>>and therefore probably a safe age at which to legally distribute
>>pornography.  WHO CARES?
>
>I DO!
>
>Your attitude is very disturbing.  First, many young adults do have enough
>self-respect to put off having sex.  But there is a lot of peer pressure,
>and the last thing they need is adults who expect them to have sex and/or
>feed them filth.
>
>I agree with Katarina, USENET is a public forum that should be open to all,
>including schools.  Porn ads do NOT belong here.
>
>John

	Just to interject a point in here, while pornography ITSELF on
the Net is a separate issue, do you actively protest adult oriented
ads in your local newspapers, phone books, even signs on the street,
which 14 year olds have much more exposure to than the Net (unfortunately)?

	Unless the material itself can be proven illegal, I see no reason
to a priori discriminate ads of the material.

	USENET and the Internet in general arose from an academic view
of public forum, which is SUPPOSED to abhor censorship of any kind.

	Duane

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