NP "The Thought Police"

[Dave Monroe]

By the way, I'm presuming that, while "obscenity"
standards are generally a local, municipal matter, 
"the creation, reproduction and dissemination of any
material that depicts a minor engaged in sexual
activity" is, minor variations of wording aside,
prohibited in each and every state of the Union, as
well as by Federal Law (though, apparently, only since
1977), but I only know what I could find in a quick
Internet search here.  This might be of interest as
well ...

http://www.infowar.com/law/99/law_122399c_j.shtml

... given that attempts have been made to regulate
even the simulation of such materials, depictions,
whatever.  I would note, for example, that many of yr
nastier anime, yr hentai, come here with precautionary
disclaimers to the effect that "All of the characters
depicted are 18 years of age or older" or somesuch,
despite just how obvious it is that they were never
intended to be (e.g., "kogals," schoolgirls in yr
"naughty tentacle" films, e.g., La Blue Girl 1 - 6). 
Er, or so I've heard ...

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how the appeals
go.  One would presume that the conviction would not
hold up in a higher court, or, at least, in the
so-called "highest" court of the land (which has done
much to suly itself as such in the past year), but ...

--- Otto <o.sell at telda.net> wrote:

> When I read Bob Herbert's NYT-article I can only
> agree to his conclusion and to Phil when I think of
> Weissmann/Enzian, Slothrop/Bianca and so on.
> 
> Questions:
> Is this only Ohio and will the sentence hold if this
> Dalton-guy appeals to a higher court?
> 
> Otto
> 
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/19/opinion/19HERB.html
 

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