Word: censorship
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...bill equating pornography with sex discrimination. We agree that pornography contributes to the degradation and subordination of women. But the measure proposed in Question 3 is neither an appropriate, nor a just, nor an efficient means of combating the discrimination against which it is targeted. An unconstitutional attempt at censorship, it does not touch the deeper problems of women's economic inequality and inadequate protection by rape laws and other legislation...
Primarily, Question 3 amounts to a massive violation of the First Amendment. It would lead to an immeasurable wave of censorship. Moreover, as egregious as pornography often is, it cannot be defined, and therefore cannot be legislated against. The referendum defines pornography as the "graphic, sexually explicit subordination of women through pictures and/or words." But we cannot condone the implications of that definition, particularly of the word "subordination." While the bill would allow for prosecution of pornographers who kidnap, rape and film women--and this is clearly a good motivation--it would also, presumably, subject to legal action museum...
Zappa, whose avant garde music has consistently freaked out generations of rock fans, will defend the right of musicians to express themselves freely without the threat of censorship, said David C. Michael '87, vice-chairman of the Student Advisory Committee of the Institute of Politics...
...Cambridge women's group, Feminist Anti-Censorship Task Force (FACT), has said it opposes the proposed legislation because it constitutes censorship...
...report, authored by Mclissa S. Lane '88, said that Ozment's solution could lead "to another controversy along the lines of the one plaguing the 1985-86 Guide," alluding to the censorship dispute...