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...presents... Whose Morality?
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by Tequila Willy
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>>> a cDc publication.......1990 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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Quite recently, I was reading the August, 1990 issue of Playboy magazine
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and it was reported that in the city of Cincinnati, "...no depictions of erotic
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passion shall be allowed to disturb the moral equilibrium and civic serenity of
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Tehran-on-the-Ohio."
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It further went on to explain that no depictions meant the censorship of
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adult bookstores, adult movie theaters, peep shows, strip joints, pornographic
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video cassettes, and raunchy skin magazines.
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Holy cow, I don't know about you folks, but I like sex! I like looking at
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pictures of naked women. I think pornographic videos are great. Now I don't
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view pornography every day, but I feel good knowing I have the right to legally
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purchase such material from someone who is willing to sell it.
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Just who are these people that not only want to censor this material but
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are successfully doing so? A wild guess might land us at the conclusion that
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religious fanatics and ultra-conservative political organizations might be
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behind this plot to violate your First Amendment Rights. By censoring messages
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which they feel threatened by, these groups seem to think they are doing "God's
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work." Personally, I think that this is un-Constitutional and un-American.
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This censorship is not only successful in banning pornography, but also in
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banning the sale of 2 Live Crew's albums. Music stores are chock-full of
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albums with stickers warning the purchaser of their highly immoral content.
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So what's the bottom line here? Morality.
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If morality is to dictate our actions, then we must ask ourselves what
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morality is. Perhaps God has outlined morality for us. But, is there really a
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God? As an empiricist I find no evidence supporting the existence of God and
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therefore I must rationally conclude that God does not exist. After all, if I
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am to believe in God I must do so out of faith and faith is defined as "...a
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nonrational belief."
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If we can't rationally draw the foundation of morality from an outside
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supreme being, then how can we dictate morality? First let's understand what
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morality is.
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Morality: noun 1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous
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conduct. 2. sexual virtue. 3. moral quality or character. 4. the doctrine or
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system of morals; ethics; duties...
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Now let's take another look at the situation of censorship. Let's pretend
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we are in a position to make laws, or in a position to write laws which will
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affect the people of this great nation. If Moniki Mombowazi, a lobbyist, tells
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us that Hustler magazine is immoral and it should be banned, how should we
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rationally decide the validity of such a claim?
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If morality is a doctrine or system of morals, ethics, and duties, then
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where do we draw our ethical behavior from? Ethics ask us what prescriptions
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for behavior or intentions are justified and how. In order to determine what
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prescriptions for behavior are justified we must consider what is right or
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wrong. Acts that bring us pleasure we tend to call good and acts that bring
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pain we can call wrong.
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To expand on this idea let us consider the following example. If I am
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hungry and I eat, my body rewards me with a good feeling of satisfaction. If I
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leap out of a twenty foot tree, I may derive pleasure from the experience of
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falling through the air, but my body responds with a negative feeling of pain
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upon hitting the ground. My body seems to communicate to me what is good for
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its survival and what is bad for its survival. My body rewards me when I do
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things which perpetuate my existence. Eating then is ethical, while landing on
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the ground after a twenty foot fall is not.
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Since I experience many people who appear to operate - at least
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biologically - very similar to myself then it would be rational to assume that
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they experience the world much as I do - though their interpretations may be
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vastly different. With this in mind it would seem that if I were to inflict
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pain on others then my behavior would be unethical because, as my body has
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demonstrated to me, pain is wrong. Therefore, pleasure is ethical as long as
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it does not infringe upon the pleasure of others.
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Now we have a logical and rational definition of a set of rules and
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behaviors by which we can logically dictate morality. With this definition,
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there is no reason to ban Hustler magazine.
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Censorship is designed to keep you docile and ignorant. Don't let it win.
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Pornography may not be for you. Rock and Roll music may not be for you. Don't
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let the religious fanatics decide what is for you. Don't let them turn America
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into a nation of check-mailing nincompoops (in the name of Jesus Christ).
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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This uncensored content of this official Cult of the Dead Cow text file
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is protected by the Constitution of the United States.
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To learn more about the Constitution write: Constitution, Washington D.C.
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20599. (The Commission on the Bicentennial of The U.S. Constitution.)
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.ooM |(c)1990 cDc communications by Tequila Willy. 07/23/90-#144|
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