[opendtv] Re: Garrison Keillor: Talk about obscenity

"The Law is not based on logic, it is informed by experience."   Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes

My take on this "twist" is that laws, until recently were written almost
exclusively by men, and breasts on men are not sex organs.  However, that i


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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Garrison Keillor: Talk about obscenity


>
> "...under FCC and federal precedent, breasts are not sexual..." --John
> Willkie
>
> How can anyone argue that the breast is not sexual?  One sex, the female,
> has developed breasts, and the other, the male, does not.  We don't need a
> law or a ruling to define a breast as sexual.  By definition, it is a
> sexual organ.
>
> It would be hard to argue that the intent of Janet Jackson's exposure was
> not sexual.  She has not given birth nor did she attempt to feed a baby at
> the unveiling of her breast. It will be easy to define it as "patently
> offensive as  measured by contemporary community standards  for the
> broadcast."  Obviously, there will be arguments otherwise, but I can't
> think of any that would be reasonable or logical.  But then again, our
> society values reason and logic so lightly, even though it is crucial to
> our civility.
>
> Dan Grimes
>
>
>
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