The government can not restrict the 1st amendment, but it can regulate it. Because if the government won’t regulate, we won’t either. People as a society need to regulate themselves. Americans always seem to amaze me. We are supposed to be on-top of the world in many aspects, but we act like a bunch of jerks most of the time. I am planning a trip abroad this summer and all I can seem to think about is how much foreigners dislike Americans. We think our $#*! don’t stink, and we are constantly rushing life and not appreciating life and family. What I am getting at here is that in many ways overseas countries self govern themselves in ways that Americans will never understand. Why are prostitution and drugs like marijuana and other hallucinogens available and legal in the Netherlands? I can tell you why, SELF Governance! They know what is right from wrong…why don’t Americans?
Point is that we have so much information at our fingertips and people are looking to find the bad in it, when we should be only looking to further this world and ourselves with it. We all have freedoms and along with freedoms come choices and responsibility. Hugo Black and others who are free speech absolutists’ are ok, and needed in society. Needed to open up eyes and not to be taken 100% literal. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Anyone remember that one? Self control is where the problem is here. Maybe everything should be put aside for the upper class because they know how to act properly. (Refer to Hicklin Rule)
How do you blame people when there are such fuzzy definitions about obscenity? Of course people want to press the envelope as much as possible. How about we take a step back and make no envelope to push? That way whenever someone does stray from “the norm”, no matter what their income level is or what their background is will any strings be pulled for that person. They will take responsibility for own actions without insanity pleadings. An eye for an eye, or a hand cut off for stealing sounds like a good approach to me.
