tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254850.post114488045493343634..comments2023-06-16T07:56:27.500-07:00Comments on pink-tinted spectacles: Putting porn in its placeHeloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06956119676146241882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254850.post-1147029218339501132006-05-07T12:13:00.001-07:002006-05-07T12:13:00.001-07:00Thanks for your posts though guys!Thanks for your posts though guys!Heloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956119676146241882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254850.post-1147029195506570062006-05-07T12:13:00.000-07:002006-05-07T12:13:00.000-07:00I guess I'm just not that much of a classical libe...I guess I'm just not that much of a classical liberal! Although from a liberal perspective, the public/private sphere argument is fairly compelling. It certainly wouldn't amount to an argument to ban *all* porn, but certainly to limit its encroachment on the public sphere. Things like advertising, contents of certain magazines, tighter harassment laws, ensuring porn stopped being a socially acceptable thing to discuss in meetings with women (a huuuuge chip on my shoulder there). I guess it's like JS Mill's harm principle in action. However, as you can tell, I'm a political theorist, not a lawyer, so you may be right.Heloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956119676146241882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254850.post-1146891776617824632006-05-05T22:02:00.000-07:002006-05-05T22:02:00.000-07:00Sorry, I dislike porn in general but I don't buy y...Sorry, I dislike porn in general but I don't buy your argument for some sort of legal action against it. Whatever happened to the old "...may not like what you say, but will defend your right to say it." <BR/><BR/>It IS quintessential free speech, and -- even from a definitional, practical viewpoint -- any abridgement of same (just short of yelling "fire!" in the proverbial crowded theatre) is devoutly to be eschewed.<BR/><BR/>Yours is a well-written, attractive blog, though. I'll be back!<BR/><BR/>Justine<BR/>http://devifemme.livejournal.com/Jstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897997254072420096noreply@blogger.com