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Article: Pornography and civil liberties: a harm-based equality approach to legislating against pornography without censorship.(Dilemmas in Free Speech)
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- National Forum
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
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"I can't define pornography," said a U.S. Supreme Court judge, "but I know what it is when I see it." Indeed. Most people do. Pornography is an industry that manufactures and markets a very profitable product. The people who make it, sell it, buy it, and use it know exactly what it is. So why has the belief been fostered that it is somehow indefinable and that defining it for purposes of legislation would be difficult or impossible?
[Note: This article contains some explicit language and descriptions. Reader discretion is advised. Ed.]
One of the main reasons is that pornography has traditionally been seen in terms of "morality." The laws against ...