"ARE WE GOING TO TELL WOMEN THEY CAN'T WEAR SWEATERS?" HE ASKED. "EROTIC THINKING MAY BE AROUSED BY THEM."
DR. MAXEY SAID THAT "SEX, LOVE AND LIFE ARE SO INTERTWINED THAT THEY CAN'T BE KEPT SEPARATE. THE PROBLEM STARTS IN THE HOME. NO TRAINING THERE IS WHAT WILL LEAD TO THE 'SMUT' INTERPRETATION OF LIFE," HE STATED.
NRS. THOMPSON, IN SUMMARY, SAID THAT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PANEL AS A WHOLE AGREED WITH MRS. MINUDRI THAT THE PROBLEM OF SEX LITERATURE RESTED WITH THE FAMILY, BUT THAT LEGAL STEPS TOWARD CENSORSHIP WERE DANGEROUS AND UNWARRANTED.
WRS. MINUDRI COUNTERED THAT SHE THOROUGHLY BELIEVED THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SET STANDARDS. SHE CITED FOR EXAMPLE THE GAMBLING LAWS OF NEVADA. "WITH EVERY RIGHT THERE IS RESPONS|BILITY," SHE SAID.
"WOULD YOU THEN SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF A COMMUNITY CAN THUS DECIDE TO OVERRIDE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?" MRS. THOMPSON ASKED.
"WE HAVE LIBEL AND SLANDER LAWS WHICH ARE RESTRICTIONS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH," MRS. MINUDRI EMPHASIZED, "AND WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT WHICH OFFENDS THE MORAL CODE OF THE
COMMUNITY."
"THE DECISION FINALLY RESTS ON THE CONSCIENCE OF THE JURY," MRS. MINUDRI CONCLUDED.
"THEN YOU ACCEPT THIS STANDARD?" NRS. THOMPSON QUERIED.
"IN OUR DEMOCRACY IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT," MRS. MINUDRI SAID.
MR. WINTER POINTED OUT THAT LAWS OF LIBEL AND SLANDER WERE TRULY RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT THEY ARE ALSO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
ARS. MINUDRI ADMITTED THE FALLACY IN HUMAN NATURE THAT IF BOOKS ARE CALLED TABOO, THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY BE SOLD. AFTER THE CASE AGAINST "PLAYBOY" WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE NEWSPAPERS, THE NEWS-
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