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Re: Adult film director Max Hardcore sentenced to 4 years in prison on obscenity char
If you read my post, several times I state clearly that I do not support government banning of such materials. I don't feel comfortable with government enforcing subjective values. People should be free to express themselves in any manner they see fit provided it does not harm someone else (hence slander, libel, and yelling fire in a crowded theater are not protect forms of expression).
However, people are also free to stigmatize certain behaviors. If enough people agree that a certain behavior deserves to be stigmatized, then society enforces that stigma without the need for government intervention. You're still legally free to do whatever, but society may impose some penalty on you for being a deviant. Sometimes society can go overboard and create a very oppressive enviroment. But let's not pretend that we want to live in a world where nothing is looked down upon.
Society is stupid. Masturbation does not give you hairy palms. If you stick your tongue out your face will not freeze like that. Society attaches stigmas to thousands of things that are totally harmless. Society doesn't mind if you ban things that they disapprove of, they aren't smart enough to understand that they could be next. Laws should protect people from society, not the other way around.
It shouldn't matter what is twisted to you or to me, because everyone has a different idea. What should matter is the actual real world effects of your actions. Chuck Berry hiding video cameras in public toilets should be illegal. But if a porn star wants to get paid for crapping on someone then what does it hurt?
If you read my post, several times I state clearly that I do not support government banning of such materials. I don't feel comfortable with government enforcing subjective values. People should be free to express themselves in any manner they see fit provided it does not harm someone else (hence slander, libel, and yelling fire in a crowded theater are not protect forms of expression).
However, people are also free to stigmatize certain behaviors. If enough people agree that a certain behavior deserves to be stigmatized, then society enforces that stigma without the need for government intervention. You're still legally free to do whatever, but society may impose some penalty on you for being a deviant. Sometimes society can go overboard and create a very oppressive enviroment. But let's not pretend that we want to live in a world where nothing is looked down upon.