I keep reading all these stories about how Americans need to fight against pornography, fight against obscenity, fight against bla bla. It's really getting quite irritating. You have the people on the LEFT saying violent video games (like gta series) cause people to go out and do the crimes... then you have the religious right saying pornography corrupts our society and makes us evil... it just really annoys the hell out of me. I am agnostic, and I respect people's religious beliefs, but when THEY start to impose THEIR thoughts on what I do in the privacy of my damn home, it is downright wrong. If i watch two chicks in a flick or anything else (as long as they are adults and consenting) it is none of anyone else business what I watch. But according to the supreme court there is a law about "obscenity" let me give you what their definition of this is. This is what the Supreme Court ruled as obscene , which is against the law.
1) A thing must be prurient in nature
2) A thing must be completely devoid of scientific, political, educational, or social value
3) A thing must violate the local community standards
If it meets all three of these things, it is obscenity.
Supreme Court Obscenity Definition
The reason I bring this up is due to a couple cases I have heard about, I'm sick of these religious jerks getting into mine and other peoples private lives.
Feds hand eight-count obscenity charge to porn producer - Boing Boing
This link goes to a story about a porn producer getting either 7 million dollar fine, or 32 years in jail for producing pornography with consenting adults (being sold to consenting adults) this is crazy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/te...ne.html?ref=us
Another one, where a persons community (determines if what YOU do in YOUR home is obscene, and can send YOU to jail.)
Like I said, i respect anyone of any religious belief, but it is not right to force others to go to jail because they watch pornography. As long as it is has consenting adults etc in it.