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1 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> <br /> 7 <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br /> 9 <br /> <br /> 10 <br /> <br /> 11 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> 15 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br /> 18 <br /> <br /> 19 <br /> <br />2O <br /> <br /> 21 <br /> <br /> 22 <br /> <br /> 23 <br /> <br /> 24 <br /> <br /> 25 <br /> <br />~aendment to ~ne United States Constitution wi~n <br />freedom of speeca guarantees. But I also agree wi~n <br />United Sta~es Supreme Cour~ opinion wnic~ s~ates: "~ne <br />Firs~ ~mandmena was no~ designed zo pro~ct and does <br />protec~ obscene material." Le~'s reject ~ne my~n ~nen <br />tna~ ~nis is a censorship issue and ma~e it w~a~ it is, a <br />vital public safet~ issue. Many of us nave remained <br />apathetic ~owa£d pornograpay unail recently which s~ems <br />mostly, I believe, from a wide spread public <br /> <br />~na~ i~ is a vic~imless crime and ~na~ police resou, rces <br />are be~ter used in o~ner areas. Nothing could be fur~aer <br />from ~ae <br /> <br /> Sociologist Diana Russell, says po£nograpny i$ <br />vicious an~iwomen propaganda. I quote, "I~ ~ells lies <br />aDOU~ US. I~ degrades women. Pornography is not made <br />educate, but to sell. W~a~ ~his involves is, for <br />most par~, ~otallF conara~y ~o what we ~now about female <br />sexuality, to say no~ning of love and romance," close <br />quo~". <br /> <br /> Tee A~corney Gene£al's commission on pornog~apay <br />quotes a former prostitute ~estifying before tee <br />Minneapolis City Council in December 1983 as saying, "We <br />were all introduced zo prostitution tnrouga pornography. <br />Tne~e were no exceptions in our group and we are all <br />under 18. ~o£nograpny was our textbook. W~ learned <br /> <br />ADAMS COURT REPORTING <br /> <br />($12) 375-9150 <br /> <br /> <br />