The Slippery Legal Slope of Cartoon Porn

[EmporerEJ]

Free speech is absolute.
Unpleasant sometimes, uncomfortable sometimes, but it's either free, or it's not.
You can't get a "little bit pregnant."

[softball]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Free speech is absolute.
Unpleasant sometimes, uncomfortable sometimes, but it's either free, or it's not.
You can't get a "little bit pregnant."

Let us know if you ever get to experience it, would you Emp?

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Free speech is absolute.
Unpleasant sometimes, uncomfortable sometimes, but it's either free, or it's not.
You can't get a "little bit pregnant."

A pretty notion, but one that does not hold water.

Please consider yelling "fire" in a crowded room. All you did was speak.

Please consider calling Obama a "fucking worthless piece of shit n---er" on tv or radio. it's just speech.

The right to free speech not only isn't an absolute, except that it absolutely stops where it starts infringing on others.

[softball]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

A pretty notion, but one that does not hold water.

Please consider yelling "fire" in a crowded room. All you did was speak.

Please consider calling Obama a "fucking worthless piece of shit n---er" on tv or radio. it's just speech.

The right to free speech not only isn't an absolute, except that it absolutely stops where it starts infringing on others.

The fact that you put three hyphens in nigger about says it all, really.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Free speech is absolute.
Unpleasant sometimes, uncomfortable sometimes, but it's either free, or it's not.
You can't get a "little bit pregnant."

Free speech is not in question here. It's about whether paintings or drawings can be deemed to be real and prosecuted as such.

Alex says it best. "The right to free speech not only isn't an absolute, except that it absolutely stops where it starts infringing on others." It's a pity they don't carry it through. Like stopping people smoking in films, stop violence, stop allowing kids to upload movies of them beating up other kids.

They target child picture porn because it's an easy target.

With this judgement where does it stop?