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Originally Posted by nana911  These are pretty much the same rules that my DD lives by. She is in the process of trying to find a new cosmetic to use since she has heard that Bare Escentuals has sold out to a company that does animal testing. She has used BE for years. I admire anyone that has the strength of character to abide by and honor their core beliefs. I try where I can, but I'm not quite as strong as I'd like to be or as I see others as being.
I understand your outrage. I deal with sex offenders on a daily basis. It is another case of laws with no common sense. I see the actual sick needs to be harshly punished cases, such as you describe and then the ones where 17yo johnny had consensual sex with his 16yo girlfriend, her parents find out, get mad and now johnny must spend the rest of his life, or maybe just the next couple decades, if he can afford a good lawyer, registering as a sex offender. He must notify his local police dept when he goes on vacation, notify his vacation destination when he plans on arriving. In his late 20s if he has kindergarten age children, he will have to get special permission to occasionally go to the school to pick them up. He will not be allowed to live anywhere near the school. It is a case of knee jerk reaction laws being applied with no common sense. It is when the majority is allowed to speak for everyone. It is a slippery slope, letting the majority dictate what I can and cannot read or watch. What if I am a Christian and the majority decides that I shouldn't be allowed to pray in public schools or that the ten commandments should be removed from schools and government buildings, or that even a cross marking where a loved one was killed in a traffic crash on the highway was considered offensive and they, because THEY decided they are offended take that right away from me? I don't believe the answer is censorship, i.e. removal of what offends. The answer is in what you are already doing and advocating. Boycott, do not buy their products, spread the word. But do not demand that laws be passed that do not allow material to be printed or that censors. As I said, it is a slippery slope.
Just my opinion. Not starting a fight. |
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Originally Posted by TammyJM I do understand and get what you are saying....however, I believe in censorship when it comes to illegal activites. I think there are far too many that use this ("their rights") that are abusing the system. He wrote about sexually abusing children so I don't see this as a slippery slope....I see it as being against the law. If our country isn't outraged by this type of thing, then we are becoming far to lax in what is right and what is wrong. |
There are laws against child pornography, the images, why not the text?
I'm sorry, but I do think laws should enforce when the acts are already illegal.
Just like I don't think books on how to make bombs should be sold, dog fighting, cock fighting. It's all just sick to me.