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[John Stossel, interviewer:] Probably you would not get all thirty-two years that you're going to jail.<br> | [John Stossel, interviewer:] Probably you would not get all thirty-two years that you're going to jail.<br> | ||
[John Stagliano, pornographer who could be sentenced for adult porn which maybe is 'obscene':] There is a descend change. [...]<br> | [John Stagliano, pornographer who could be sentenced for adult porn which maybe is 'obscene':] There is a descend change. [...]<br> | ||
[Stossel:] All free, all speech you say should be free?<br> | [Stossel:] All free, all speech you say should be free?<br> | ||
[Andrew Napolitano, FOX News senior judicial analyst:] Well it is not I who says it, it is the constitution. [...] And the value judgment [of the constitution] is that the individual decides what to watch, what to listen to, what to enjoy, what to turn the page. The government doesn't make that decision.<br> | [Andrew Napolitano, FOX News senior judicial analyst:] Well it is not I who says it, it is the constitution. [...] And the value judgment [of the constitution] is that the individual decides what to watch, what to listen to, what to enjoy, what to turn the page. The government doesn't make that decision.<br> | ||
[Stossel:] But the supreme court made this ruling about community standards. [...]<br> | [Stossel:] But the supreme court made this ruling about community standards. [...]<br> | ||
[Napolitano:] It's a bad law, it violates the first amendment. [...]<br> | [Napolitano:] It's a bad law, it violates the first amendment. [...]<br> | ||
[Stossel:] Plenty of people say: look pornography hurts people, it increases the change of rape.<br> | [Stossel:] Plenty of people say: look pornography hurts people, it increases the change of rape.<br> | ||
[Stagliano:] Well the one very important thing I think is that there is no exclusive evidence that it does increase that. You could very well make the argument that it diffuses sexual tension in some people and makes them less likely to commit crimes. [...] You would see people committing more rapes now because there is so much more pornography out there in society in fact you see a lot less of that. [...]<br> | [Stagliano:] Well the one very important thing I think is that there is no exclusive evidence that it does increase that. You could very well make the argument that it diffuses sexual tension in some people and makes them less likely to commit crimes. [...] You would see people committing more rapes now because there is so much more pornography out there in society in fact you see a lot less of that. [...]<br> | ||
[Napolitano:] The greatest freedom there is, is freedom of thought, who is the government to interfere with that by telling you what can get into your brain? [...] The only available solution is to stop prosecuting people for what they choose to look at in the privacy of their homes. Jefferson would recoil the thought of such prosecutions.<br> | [Napolitano:] The greatest freedom there is, is freedom of thought, who is the government to interfere with that by telling you what can get into your brain? [...] The only available solution is to stop prosecuting people for what they choose to look at in the privacy of their homes. Jefferson would recoil the thought of such prosecutions.<br> | ||
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[Stossel:] What about child pornography?<br> | [Stossel:] What about child pornography?<br> | ||
[Napolitano:] Look, I'm not gonna defend child pornography, but I am gonna say that is none of the governments business what you're wanna look at in your own home. Because the day the government can tell you what you can look at in your own home will begin a slippery slope; the government will regulate all kinds of private behavior.<br> | [Napolitano:] Look, I'm not gonna defend child pornography, but I am gonna say that is none of the governments business what you're wanna look at in your own home. Because the day the government can tell you what you can look at in your own home will begin a slippery slope; the government will regulate all kinds of private behavior.<br> | ||
[Stossel:] Then it's already begun because they are arresting people when they find it on their computers.<br> | [Stossel:] Then it's already begun because they are arresting people when they find it on their computers.<br> | ||
[Napolitano:] Correct, and they shouldn't be because again individuals should decide what they wanna watch. Making such a thing involving a child is a crime, but possessing it ought not to be. [...]<br> | [Napolitano:] Correct, and they shouldn't be because again individuals should decide what they wanna watch. Making such a thing involving a child is a crime, but possessing it ought not to be. [...]<br> | ||
[Man in audience:] If someone is looking at it someone is creating demand for it. Demands creates supply, so I think the idea behind prosecuting those who are using, or enjoy whatever, child pornography, is to stop the demand so there will be less supply.<br> | [Man in audience:] If someone is looking at it someone is creating demand for it. Demands creates supply, so I think the idea behind prosecuting those who are using, or enjoy whatever, child pornography, is to stop the demand so there will be less supply.<br> | ||
[Napolitano:] It won't stop the demand. Everytime we tried prohibition in this country it's been a dissamal[?] failure and it has costs more that it has cured [applause by the audience].<br> | [Napolitano:] It won't stop the demand. Everytime we tried prohibition in this country it's been a dissamal[?] failure and it has costs more that it has cured [applause by the audience].<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 1 May 2016
[John Stossel, interviewer:] Probably you would not get all thirty-two years that you're going to jail.
[John Stagliano, pornographer who could be sentenced for adult porn which maybe is 'obscene':] There is a descend change. [...]
[Stossel:] All free, all speech you say should be free?
[Andrew Napolitano, FOX News senior judicial analyst:] Well it is not I who says it, it is the constitution. [...] And the value judgment [of the constitution] is that the individual decides what to watch, what to listen to, what to enjoy, what to turn the page. The government doesn't make that decision.
[Stossel:] But the supreme court made this ruling about community standards. [...]
[Napolitano:] It's a bad law, it violates the first amendment. [...]
[Stossel:] Plenty of people say: look pornography hurts people, it increases the change of rape.
[Stagliano:] Well the one very important thing I think is that there is no exclusive evidence that it does increase that. You could very well make the argument that it diffuses sexual tension in some people and makes them less likely to commit crimes. [...] You would see people committing more rapes now because there is so much more pornography out there in society in fact you see a lot less of that. [...]
[Napolitano:] The greatest freedom there is, is freedom of thought, who is the government to interfere with that by telling you what can get into your brain? [...] The only available solution is to stop prosecuting people for what they choose to look at in the privacy of their homes. Jefferson would recoil the thought of such prosecutions.
[Stossel:] What about child pornography?
[Napolitano:] Look, I'm not gonna defend child pornography, but I am gonna say that is none of the governments business what you're wanna look at in your own home. Because the day the government can tell you what you can look at in your own home will begin a slippery slope; the government will regulate all kinds of private behavior.
[Stossel:] Then it's already begun because they are arresting people when they find it on their computers.
[Napolitano:] Correct, and they shouldn't be because again individuals should decide what they wanna watch. Making such a thing involving a child is a crime, but possessing it ought not to be. [...]
[Man in audience:] If someone is looking at it someone is creating demand for it. Demands creates supply, so I think the idea behind prosecuting those who are using, or enjoy whatever, child pornography, is to stop the demand so there will be less supply.
[Napolitano:] It won't stop the demand. Everytime we tried prohibition in this country it's been a dissamal[?] failure and it has costs more that it has cured [applause by the audience].
source: John Stossel show aired on FOX Business network; www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NP2I8t3B2U; 20 May 2010