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Originally Posted by khalleron
The American Founding Fathers wrote freedom of speech into the Constitution for a reason. If you start restricting speech, where do you stop?
If no crime was committed in the creation of the work (no persons or animals were harmed or treated cruelly), the consumption of the work should not be a crime, either.
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The case is not in the U.S., so the American Founding Fathers' beliefs are not relevant.
In any event, freedom of speech in the U.S. Constitution is not absolute. Not all speech is protected--the famous example is that one cannot yell "Fire" in a crowded theater. Neither are libel and obscenity protected by the First Amendment.