I wasn't aware of that..
You lost me in Reply #22
"We used to be against infringement, then I was saw what our civilization protects us from.
I am still close enough to a free speech zealot for most conversations in our society, but there is speech that would not be said, and not allowed to be recorded if we are stupid enough to allow it."
I think I now understand what you're getting at with "...then I was saw what our civilization protects us from."
Me, back in Reply # 21
"Child porn? Or children exposed to porn? Different ball of wax and pretty much outside my ken. I tend to agree with most of the above without analyzing the problem in detail. My own "kids" (ages around 50 yo) pretty much grew up before computers were much of a "thing," and there wasn't much of an internet although dial-up boards were just beginning to get popular."
I believe your and my problem lies in the fact that neither Asimov nor I was talking about child porn which wasn't a major problem in his days, nor in the days I was raising my "kids." Or, more correctly, it wasn't "in the news." As I said, it was "pretty much outside my ken," same as with you.
Thus, my concern with the issue is basically, "where does censorship stop?"
That's the tough one, and something I should mull over in the context of "free speech." Where's the stopping point for Asimov's (and my) adult... "grown up" publications relating to, say, politics and the like, versus the matters you pointed out relating to censorship in literature (or whatever) regarding minors.
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But I think I'll let the Legislatures and APS figure it out.
Terry, 230RN