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Originally Posted by drofgnal
This is similar to the Anarchist's Cookbook'. It is a book the government has declared illegal. Print or e copies of it are not for sale anywhere (legally). If it is within the governments rights to not allow a book detailing with synthesis of illegal drugs or guides to build bombs, then why is it not in their realm to prohibit books that are a guide to men having sex with small children?
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Sorry to come so late to the discussion, however this is a common bit of nonsense that people seem to believe because they think it ought to be true. The Anarchist Cookbook is out of print, however it is perfectly 100% legal to own it and used copies are still for sale at
Amazon.com. You can also legally purchase books on
how to grow drugs and books on
how to make C-4.
BTW, I happen to be a survivor of child sexual abuse. I also happen to be Jewish. And in spite of the nightmares I still live with from my childhood experiences, I still support the right of these people to say what they believe and to publish what they believe just as much as I support the right of the American Nazi party to continue to publish their hate material. I also happen to be gay and I also support the right of Reverend Phelps to spout off his idiocy (protesting outside of military funerals and screaming that Americans are dying overseas because we allow gays and lesbians to have some rights).
The moment you start to ban speech because you don't agree with it, no matter how vile that speech may be (and I agree that all these things are heinous and vile), you inevitably end up with a situation where someone else believes that your opinions are vile and should be banned. So in spite of everything, as much as I wish such people would disappear or at least go and get help for their horrible proclivities, I support their right to offer their opinions in the free marketplace of ideas because without doing so, my own right to say what I believe in could easily be impaired as well. After all, I'm sure there will be people who say that Jews are Christ killers and should have no rights and I'm sure there will be plenty of people who claim that I should be shot for having sex with my (adult) boyfriend.
Just my 2 cents. And no, I didn't read the whole thread either.