Re Sexual descriptions

[LBernier at tribune.com]

Feeling in a didactic mood, I must correct this perception that Forman's film is
a defense of Flynt as a pornographer.  The film revolves around Flynt's case 
regarding his magazine speaking ill of Jerry Falwell.  He was sued for libel and
the case went to the Supreme Court, and was decided in Flynt's favor.  Unlikely 
as Flynt is as a hero, this was an important decision in maintaining 1st 
amendment rights here in the US of A.

Jean.
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Subject: Re: Re Sexual descriptions
Author:  "Craig Clark" <CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA> at Internet_tco
Date:    1/22/97 9:03 AM


David Casseres <casseres at apple.com> writes:
     
> Indeed.  Meanwhile, over here we have Milos Forman trying to canonize the 
> pornographer Larry Flynt as a defender of free speech, when in fact Flynt 
> never did diddly-squat about anyone else's right to free speech, and made 
> it pretty clear that he has no principles at all except making money on 
> pornography.  Such is the burden civil libertarians have to bear....
     
The Forman film has not made it to SA yet, but I am dismayed to hear 
Flynt canonised as anything other than a pornographer. The Flynts of 
this world also are outraged when anti-pornography protestors 
exercise *their* right to freedom of speech. Even to register a 
protest against pornography is equivalent, it would seem, to calling 
for censorship....
     
Craig Clark
     
"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent 
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"