Feeling better? If not, then please rant some more. Rant again, then do something constructive with that anger. Because no matter what "I, I, I," think, at the end of the day, I do not run or own this site. Nor is my opinion any more valuable than yours. They are, after all, only opinions.Originally Posted by lex ludite
If you think its your right to read or write stories about minors having sex and are worried that those stories are going away, then do your homework and check the facts.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...ld+pornography
The above link provides a working definition of "child pornography" in many countries.
In some countries textual material describing sexual activities involving children is legally classified as child pornography. In other countries, most significantly the United States, it is legal; written child pornography is legally protected by the US Constitution as long as it is not judged obscene. As a result of its general legality in the United States, written child pornography is easily available on the Internet.
Yes, it's legal to write about minors having sex in the U.S. if it's not judged obscene. What is obscene?
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/obscenity
The US courts use the Miller test to determine what is obscene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test
see also...
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/sh...ghlight=miller
The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
The Miller test was developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California. It has three parts:
- Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
- Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law,
- Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
The third condition is also known as the SLAPS test. The work is considered obscene only if all three conditions are satisfied.
Based on that list, it may be in the best interest for whomever owns this site, to carefully check the stories before reposting them.
Just because we have freedom of speach, doesn't mean we can run into a theater and yell fire.
How can you help keep this website and its library going?
Are you helping fund it?
Writing stories that pass the Miller test?
Supporting legal organizations that back your rights?
If not, then please consider those or other constructive actions. If yes, then keep up the great work.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke