Aesquire.174 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!npois!harpo!chico!esquire!psl Sun Dec 20 23:37:54 1981 Regarding the State of Illinois and morals Citing moral correctness as the basis for actions (especially repressive ones) used to be the province of the ultra-conservatives, but I understand the Polish government is now doing it too... I keep hoping that this discussion over censoring what seem to be fairly benign jokes is simply an indication of pre-holiday boredom rather than the proof that CRT radiation rots the brain! Seriously folks, there are people out there being killed because it's politically convenient, others are dying from hunger because feeding them might cut into some rich person's profits, etc. Yet we're here getting all worked up over whether the concept of the expired infant is appropriate in the "joke" art form! I guess any topic can suffice to shield the "civilized" person from the real problems of human society... ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.