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Michael Scoggins (abba@eden.com) wrote:
: Helen Bakk wrote:

: > The Oklahoma State System of Higher 
: > Education to immediately remove all obscene material from their
: > computers and computer systems.
: > 
: > dedicated to the issues of
: > pornography on the Internet.
: > 

: There's no denying the right of organizations to assure the productive 
: use of thier resources.  Seems like a fiscally sound move to me.

: You said it obscene:

Obscene material is illegal to distribute in any medium.  

Second, only a judge or a jury can determine whether a particular image 
is obscene or not obscene.

This sounds like the Board is a) being extremely silly or b) using this 
proclamation to intimidate people to voluntarily remove indecent material 
from the computers.

For adults, indecent material is 100% prime grade legal to both possess 
and redistribute to other adults.  

: There's also no denying the negative impact pornography has had on our 
: children and social relationships.  It's time we stop abusing one another 
: in the name of "free speach" and do what's right, even if your left.  

There's quite a bit of research to counter your claim that exposure to 
pornography is harmful to minors or even adults.  Depends on who you talk 
to, really.

But the evidence is totally overwhelming that repression of sexual 
expression and desires is extremely damaging to the psyche and sexual 
identity.

It is also time that we stop abusing people in the name of "morality" and 
the notion that you know what is best in terms of what other people read, 
look at, think, or decide.

Surely others can (and will) see the truth in this argument before it is 
too late.


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