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Viewpoint ^ Friday, September 12, 1986 3 Censored! Fundamentalists ? to censor what 1/1 ^ Back in the days of the off limits. Man was thoug morally-weak being that n standing between him and Now it seems America i mind prevalent in that t: rpmnvino hnnVc Fmm tV?A c * UWUO 11 Will 111V C certain magazines from albums to warn people tha obscene or violent. This i discover or choose for thei album, book or magazine Out of the Puritans' bel strictly guarded against ca mobs and public hangings, and ludicrous today. We n< our modern society. This new outcry seems same type of group, very c pie deciding what the rest should be allowed to see o ^ Granted, the root of law mandments were the basi But there is an extent where to infringe on our rights. Attorney General Edwin up a commission on porn< closely studied the "offensi ings, then came out with a mation and their comment Anyone who has seen th realize what a mockery it is not had the pleasure, the contain excerpts from the tides, lewd case testimon trials, and a plethora of th that some groups abhor an man from. The result of these hej Playboy and Penthouse mz People's and Dart Drug c ii~,i <? ~ 5LUIC5 WCIC CcllICU UlSlIll A ? % Rev. Donald Wildmon, e tional Federation of Decei A letter was sent out aft corporations they had b< nography and would be li final report. Consequently, more ths country stopped sales of PI 34 retailers who had nc % withdrew magazines. riayooy sued tne comn ruled the commission had ment with the threat and < companies it was withdra\ Another of these prea righteous action, Rev. Jir Wal-Mart and K-mart for television broadcast. This i of these 'offenders' in th< action was called a "m cuiu in IIU icia % Maybe this dangerous c the ones being censored i shouldn't be censored. T their opinion; but not to f( within its constraints. 1he wsttfc of Expucnr ' MOM.WHCRE. 'it. DO BABieS II 1%^ COMf- FPOH? 71 SOKTA UK?, \ KlNCA, AMHH... Write us i Tell us what's on your mind. ( be typed, double-spaced and onl Include name, address anc number for verification. Nai withheld upon request. Guest < limited to 500 words. Indicate are a student, a USC staff meml tmtnitv m?tnhf>r In A\\ m i 11 >\ shouldn't be able ve choose to read Puritans many things were ;ht to be inherently evil; a lust have strict regulations temptation. s regressing to the state of imp frnm#? Rvnmnlpc nr*? ;helves of public schools or store shelves or labelling it some of the contents are mplies that people cannot mselves whether or not the is objectionable. liefs that evil should be so me witchcraft trials, lynch things we think are extreme i . i ,t . i sea to avoia tnis mistaKe in to be stemming from the onservatively religious peoof us morally weak people r do. r is religion. The Ten Coms for original government. i rule by moral codes begins Meese went so far as to set Dgraphy in which members ve" material and held hearreport, citing all this infors. ie pornography report must . For those of you who have two volumes of the report actual books, magazine ary from child pornography e other scandalous material d want to shield their fellow irings was the removal of igazines from Seven-Eleven, onvenience stores after the >uters of pornography'' by x _ _ r il 'V T ixecuuve eanor 01 tne rsaicy. er this hearing informing 23 ?en pegged as selling poristed as such in the panel's in 10,000 stores around the ayboy and Penthouse. Even )t received the letter also nission and a federal judge 1 violated the First Amendordered them to inform the vn. ching a dangerously overnmy Swaggart, condemned selling rock magazines in a resulted in the removal of 32 i 890 Wal-Mart stores. The erchandizing decision*' by tion to the broadcast. :ycle would end if they were and silenced. But even they hey have a right to express 3rce others to share it, or live flftCS: l>fcU.l UH... OH. HERE. * a letter Letters must There is a limit of tv y 250 words. the same writer. I telephone We reserve the righ ties will be on outdated topics t editorials are topics. ...uA?uAM ur _: * - * i wnciuci yuu wine iu; vicv 3cr or a com- Gamecock, Drawer i d editorials. Columbia, S.C. 292C IMMI I liiniMii nil nihum i, i?n> Hi The banning of pornography has become a hot issue in this country. Pornography is an industry that will take a great deal of effort on the part of our judicial system to ban, especially when they can't even define what obscene pornography is. I must take both sides of this issue. As a photographer, I say making pornographic photos is the worst thing one could do to a piece of film. The Eastman Kodak Co. never dreamed that photography would be used so disgracefully. After all, photography began as a fad. :i., ? u ~* i :r v^uim cti ny, as <x juui iicuim, 1 say uiai 11 wc allow the government to ban pornography, we allow them to censor, which is a direct violation of the First Amendment. Most journalists would sooner break the Ten Commandments. As much as I hate pornography, (not for moral reasons, but because it is a terrible use of photography), I hate censorship even more. Word on the str Whal "If someone wants to read "I think c something, or if someone wants be censorec to go see something, they're go- looking at tl ing to see it one way or the ? certain it other." cut out th harmful to Gayle Nettles Senior, psychology \ i nrit 1 he \j , ... Editor in Chief i vo letters per month by Lin(ia Tavlnr Managing Editor it to stop printing letters John Boyette o make room for new Copy i>?k Chief Stephen Guilfoyle im ,0r' use ^oore V, Russell House, USC, A???n, New, Ull0? ta ? I I Amy vet ho - 8-.I *1 JUSTICE | iraphy and pori scene and disgr By Jennifer Steib '&* %I Iv, M I must agree with the journalist in me th says 'Don't allow censorship.' If the gover ment is given the power to ban pornograph they will also be given the power to cens news articles, television broadcasts, boo eet : do you think of censoi ertain things need to "The governmeni I according to who's to censor some thir hem. Like for children as people are conci lovies - you need to democratic governn ings that would be pie should have a their viewing." goes on and not ju: ment and the offic Cindy Powell Tar r* * A rb a israauaie siuaeni bopnomore ramecock Maria Fratus Sports Editor Viewpoint Editor Jeff Shrewsbury Juliet Nader Assistant Sports Editor Money Editor Wayne Washington Patrick Jean Photography Editor Features Editor Jennifer Steib Paula WethinRton Assistant Photography Edit' Assistant Features Editors David Dotson Kathryn Jeffries Klckoff/Graphics Editor Mary Pearson Tracy Mixson - - - - - *' ' ? ?^ tography: t has a right "It's up to the public to decide igs, but as far what they want to see and what arned, being a they don't want to see." . i neni, ine peosay in what st the governials." Tamela Young a Campbell Freshman, , education political science Special Assignments Production ; Editor Mark Armstrong . Hal Millard Lewis Covington Advisor Advertising Manager Bill Rogers Margaret Michels ! Graduate Assistant Assistant Advertising Manager or Margaret Renkl Jan Hodges Director of Student Media Bill Clements \ aceful mixture an c\ nthpr forme r?f m?(( mmmnniffltiftn under the same law. There are many creative uses of photography. The camera is an outlet for creativity much like the pen is for a writer. I don't think pornography is bad because it exploits women, sex and violence, I think it is bad because it exploits the art of photography. I don't condemn those people who appear in the photos, nor do I condemn those who read the magazines and watch the videos ? that's their business. But I do condemn those who ruin the film by making the pictures. I further condemn any government who would try to immediately violate part of their I country s constitution oecause tneir nation is j on a conservative upswing. That would uproot everything that our older cousins of at the 1960s and '70s worked so hard to n- achieve and protect. Maybe we could learn yt from them. or Jennifer Steib is the photography editor of ks The Gamecock. rship? .1 R'^VIk ? ."3K>