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First of all, we believe that "indecent" is a heinous concept to adopt as a legal standard because it is so eminently undefinable. In general legal parlance, "indecent" is a superset of "obscene", and hence includes not only sexually explicit material but also four-letter words and sexual material deemed "patently offensive" by local community standards. Under this standard, anything ranging from pornographic animation to a frank discussion of AIDS could be construed as indecent and draw the fire of federal prosecutors. Ironically, any document which explicitly describes what the new law prohibits would be theoretically banned from the Internet...
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