Pornography; First Amendment Right or First Amendment Abuse?

While Pornography is racy, provocative, and for the most part a taboo of our society, does pornography itself violate first amendment rights? Or does the display and distribution of it do this?

I enjoyed reading Suzanna, Kaleena's, and Sara's summaries on this and can see in many ways how we hit on the same note and also how we viewed it very differently. Part of this I'm going to venture to say is based on gender. It is impossible for me to view certain topics as them and completely see eye to eye. What I can do is respect and try and understand different points of views.

As a society I believe we must be careful with our choice of words when using them to identify a certain topic. Rape and torture are illegal acts and we must be careful about associating these with pornography. It is important that pornography is kept out of uninvited sight, especially that of children. This makes it important that the government control the distribution and delivery methods of pornographic material. I agree with Suzannah that we must be careful of how much government control we allow into our lives though, to allow too much would surely slowly open the door to more restrictions on our current freedoms.

I think that it would be impossible to summarize anything and not consider it an editorial of some sort or put some spin on it. What is important is that we keep the original authors perspective in sight and not twist or distort it. As I read through the different summaries, most everyone did add a different spin to the article. You can contribute a fair amount of this to different backgrounds, genders, and beliefs. What is important is that we all are able to read these with open minds and try and consider each individuals point of view.

Matthew Smith