First Monday in October

After watching a brief part of the movie” First Monday in October”, I was introduced to different points of view regarding the porn industry in America in the 70’s. On one end the woman felt the evidence was relevant and distasteful. And the other justice did not feel he had to watch the movie, he already had his mind made up the movie falls within the first amendment rights protected by the government for all citizens. My take on the situation is that the porn movie is and should remain protected and the form of expression be a right of any and all citizens of legal age. I say this because even though the form of expression is lewd and distasteful and greed driven it is not the right of the government to set standards, because any infringement is a violation of the first amendment right and would only lead to more censorship. However there is a line needed to be drawn and made clear, any threat of safety made by any citizen affects all citizens and therefore should not be tolerated under the first amendment rights. There are many other cultures that take the notion of a naked person as normal and widely accept the idea of an appealing nude figure. In America the elders of the country fear chaos and think by limiting exposure to materials like this it benefits society in the long term, and it may. However it is not their right to make those decisions, only establish an opinion. There is no immediate health or safety issue pertaining to the practice of x rated films, it is a very profitable industry and quite frankly there would always be a black market for porn so the government might as well accept it as our right and just tax the product. The American ideals are funny and misunderstood, our rules and laws come from fear. Fear of an epidemic toward society, so much so we segregate, separate and group likenesses together to form popular opinion in hopes of trumping the opposition. Our laws come from different times and day in age, like when African Americans were slaves or when citizens feared the up rise of their race in America. Women’s rights… need I go on? We are all human and our ideals are all screwed up. I think the United States government goes to great lengths to right its past wrongs but safety and prosperity should be the only ideals guaranteed and protected by any government. Not exploitation and greed. I will leave this post by saying; I walk this earth with two moral laws, do not hurt anyone who doesn’t hurt me first, and do not suppress my freedom of expression as I will not suppress yours. And if you think my freedom of expression hurts you… close your eyes, turn around and get out a dodge! That’s your right! Your rights do not include suppressing my rights. Those are my moral laws, follow this ideal and all humans can co-exist I think.