Double Flee A

USATODAY.com - Under Ohio bill, children in porn wouldn't have to be real
I guess we don't have to worry about that pesky first amendment any more, both because of this and clear channel. Clear channel post courtesy of Bummy at clusterblog.

It's hard to explain that fake child porn is an example of art and free speech, but it's easy to understand. What is illegal in terms of speech? Things that hurt people, like libel, defamation, and snuff films. Child pornography may or may not hurt children, see my already-posted example. But it's always easier to jump on the bandwagon of righteousness than it is to try to make a defense of free information, and the next time some republican tries to talk about how democrats want to put the goverment in charge of everything, consider that if the government wants to be in charge of everything, they're going to use little laws like the ohio child porn law to cut us off from free exchange of ideas, or this one. Yes, dearests, the Grand Old Party is not only a danger at this point, it's the enemy. And those who support it support nobody being able to criticize it. And at that point, it's all over. George Orwell said this would happen, and this post contains several repeats, but listen to the "thought police": "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever." This process has begun.

posted by dale @ 11:32 AM