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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:33 PM Original message |
Supreme Court Debates Crush Videos (can gov't outlaw "Human Sacrifice Channel"?) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. They're going about this all wrong |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. while I don't agree everything should be protected |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. And that should be the way they prosecute Child Porn |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Expansion of the scope of the Son of Sam laws would not be unconstitutional. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. this shit is sick and I think lumping this as free speech actually |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. But what are you angry with? It's the ACTION, not the speech |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. how the fuck do we punish the action if these sick films are made |
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Treo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. What about the "Faces of Death" movies? NT |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The early Faces Of Death movies were fakes. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. No they weren't. They showed very real deaths and even executions. |
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Treo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Faces of Death |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Not that I'm aware of and I have seen the series several times. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. The guy that did the makeup for the film |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yes they were |
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Treo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ok let's use this video |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. I said in my previous post that there are clips in the Faces Of Death movies |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Traces of Death was the one that was real. Faces of death was a mock version |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I was thinking the same thing. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Man, am I behind the times! I thought "crush" meant "puppy love" |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Psst, Tony, torturing and killing living things are obscene. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Really...? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yes, both are obscene when done as entertainment. Just like we don't say that all sexual acts are |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. I agree |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. thanks, my thought exactly. nt |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. So the CIA was justified in destroying their videos of their tortures? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I don't know what the CIA destroying torture videos has to do with this. But, I believe that the |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. But Obscenity is outlawed by most if not all states. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wait, "sex and obscenity" can be banned but not killing? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Alito is off his rocker. As usual. Only if it forms criminal speech. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. In all my years here, I never thought I'd see a "Videodrome" thread in LBN. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Embrace the new flesh. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Awkward laughter |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. How horrible that some people enjoy seeing anyone suffer or be killed |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. There are tons of violent video sites on the internet. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. That's why we have courts. To paraphrase a quote.. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Legit Movies made in this country have animal rights activists on set |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. I can see the shelters but.. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. chickens lay eggs, cows, sheep and goats produce milk |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Human Sacrifice Channel" That's the most fucked up idea I've ever heard.... |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I've actually debated human sacrifice and the first amendment before. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. George Carlin joked about a Suicide Channel years before this. He was ahead of the curve |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'll go there! Yes it would be unconstitutional for Congress to prohibit the Human Sacrifice Channel |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. That kind of "religious" freedom should be illegal. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. So you are aware of the argument. Yes you do have the right to kill people. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Upholding the letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I tend to believe that the letter of the law and the spirit of the law are the same. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Where did I say I think the forefathers of our country are stupid???? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. No you didn't say it. But you seemed to be approaching from that direction. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
63. "PEACEABLY to assemble" could be applied to challenge a sacrifice |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Limiting only "sex or obscenity" seems pretty arbitrary. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I'm curious as to where strict constructionist scalia finds the sex and obscenity limitation |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Exactly, onenote. nt. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm for a "Human" Sacrifice Channel if I get to name the participants! |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. "Then...." |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Then the birthers to those hungry Hawaiian volcanoes. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Certainly for their own good! It'll hurt us more than it hurts them, but |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe these two things are apples and oranges |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. Get ready for BREAD and CIRCUSES, let the games begin. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. And how the fuck did they not allow the outside of a coffin shown? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. The nation's sense of community and civic pride has deteriorated. It may very well come to that. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Snuff TV |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. is Scalia a Hitler fanatic? quoting Hitler like that should be a measure of our courts /nt |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. nah, he's a Mussolini fanatic. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. if the Free State Project ever takes off, this CIVIC-TV will be the biggest employer and network in |
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YoungAndOutraged (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
59. Something's wrong with Scalia's statement |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
61. That is fucking appalling |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
66. The Supreme Court sides with business |
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