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Jesus Castillo, Supreme Court, And Free Speech
I've been following the Jesus Castillo case for a while. The case itself is an obscenity charge for selling an adult comic to an adult undercover police officer in Dallas. Recently, the US Supreme Court denied his appeal, with the notion that obscenity is a state-level affair, despite the First Amendment being a Federal law. There's also an interview with the head of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and some good ruminations from Neil Gaiman on the subject. Bad precedents for free speech - the CBDLF donations and giving to the EFF are Good Things.
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...and thankfully not SCO
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
Since it's in Texas, will he receive the death penalty?
Why is selling adult materials to adults in Dallas a problem? Is adult content illegal there? Or did he violate some ordinance?
There is probably a little known ordinance against the Son of God selling smutty comics.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
That being said, I think I'll stay far away from Texas. It's like looking back in time 100 years.
100 is a number the figures prominently here in Texas. The temperatures always seem to be above it, while the locals' IQs average well below it.
This is probably one of the back-asswardest states in the Union and since you appear to have half a brain, I'd recommend staying the hell away from it and let it degenerate into the backwards, inbred garbage dump it is rapidly becoming.
Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)
> ok, so it's a pet issue of Hemos' but does this really merit a story on slashdot?
Jesus arrested for selling pr0n, and you don't think it's news!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
...if its too late to let Mexico have Texas back. I hate having to say I'm from the same country as these people.
And if God wanted us to be clothed all the time the human race would be extinct.
We initially WERE naked. Obviously the Lord didn't create Adam and Eve, and then hand them some GAP clothes. Humans created clothing throughout history, mainly as a way of showing wealth (more money = better clothes). Anywho, this is mainly a political discussion, not a religious one. Don't recall Jesus ever payign a visit to the Lone Star State
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There's rape, murder, infanticide, mass killing, cult activity, genocide, supernatural beings, and talking animals. Surely these things should not be allowed!
> The Texas Penal Code isn't generally thought of as a laugh-out-loud read, but Section 43.23 is an exception: "A person commits an offense if he
Ah, the Five Dildo Limit. Remember that when packing for a trip to Texas.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
The community does. If 99% of the population says 1% can't do something they like that does effect the rest, even in a very minor way, that 1% loses out.
So if 99% of the population are cannibals, and they decide to eat you, part of the 1% of the population that isn't...? Is it okay that you are now lunch?
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Obscenity and other forms of dangerous speech (split infinitives, sentence fragments, etc.) are unprotected -- and rightfully so.
Ask someone who knows. I've been speaking and hearing speech for close to my entire life, and nothing dismays me more than a bit of speech that endangers all of humanity.
> > The Texas Penal Code isn't generally thought of as a laugh-out-loud read, but Section 43.23 is an exception: "A person commits an offense if he
> Ah, the Five Dildo Limit. Remember that when packing for a trip to Texas.
Ehrm, maybe "packing" wasn't the best choice of words in that context.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Smoking in the workplace is physically and psychologically harming to anyone who doesn't smoke. There's no reasonable way the ability to withstand smoke (ie, not be bothered by it) can be consided a neccesary condition of working.
Certainly saying that "they can always work somewhere else" is moronic, unless you WANT someone to call you on it.
Here's a question for you: If I wanted to masturbate in your bar, would you mind? Would you throw me out? How about calling the police if I persist? Why? How is any more or less obnoxious than smoking? How about if I choose to keep a bucket of urine at my table instead of an ashtray?