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Old 10-24-2010, 10:46 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by Jack Tingle View Post
There isn't one. It's just that:
"...'obscene' material has no protection under the First Amendment because freedom of expression does not provide absolute protection for every possible utterance of any sort..." Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California

Which, of course, pushes off the decision to "Who decides what's obscene?" In general, if it's political, artistic, scientific, or private speech, it can't be obscene. Only if it's public, and intended to appeal only to prurient interest can it be obscene. Then some court has to decide the specifics, applying "community standards". Clearer now? Good. :{

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Jack Tingle
I'm familiar with the wording myself, but starting to wonder how many "judges" are, what with all the "hate speech" regulations. Sorry, but in a free society, you're going to have to put up with people holding and expressing opinions you don't like. That is, if you're an adult and actually think free speech matters more than your precious widdle ego.
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