Another stupid law laid to rest
By Dave
July 2nd, 2008 | Leave a comment
A dose of sanity has squashed an idiotic Indiana law that would have punished bookstores, libraries and other innocuous entities to placate a bunch of prudes. I’m no fan of porn, but to require anyone who sells “sexually explicit” material (define that for me, wouldya?) to register with the state and to pay a fee for the right to sell said “sexually explicit” material is dumber than dumb.
Judge Sarah Evans Barker interpreted the law to apply to libraries, museums (Picasso Porn!!), video shops and little old ladies selling their husbands’ old Playboys in a garage sale. Enough, she said.
Indiana has a bit of a reputation of being “wholesome” (prudish) and simple (unsophisticated) — being from Ohio, I should talk! But that law was just plain stupid. And who decides what is “sexually explicit”? Is a pamphlet illustrating a breast self-examination “sexuall explicit”?
I betcha there are people out there in Hoosier country who would say yes. Who put them in charge? Don’t get me started …
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Dave Wilson is the Grand Pooh-Bah of Editorial Content at DelMio.com, a site developed by SunLit Communications LLC. He also is at times janitor, chauffeur, chief cook and bottle washer. Once upon a time he was a metro editor and copy editor at the Akron Beacon Journal. Send love letters and trash talk to dave.wilson@delmio.com. Or post a comment. Whatever.
