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Show I - -- l j! I 4A Thursday May 16, AMt Sun 2002 Giest I kb I d nr s Quelling controversy of pornography By PAUL MERO Sutherland Institute r. T ... . . ' The root meaning of pornography is "the writing of prostitutes." The .writings today comprise freedom. People could still write dirty words to each other and share dirty pictures with each other under private consensual arrangements. To affirm the axiom in regard to commercial raphers do what they do, on the scale they do it altruistically for pleasure seekers or for the' love of the First Amendment? . Money drives the sex industry and its legion sex simply means that the free market would be subordinate to society's desire tD.ipotect its fami- -, lies. Essential public virtue that encourages, cherishes and protects families would be of higher of attorneys, not the evils of censorship or the artistic beauty of the naked form. To quell the controversy of pornography, we the commercial sex industry, from magazines to videos to strip clubs to Internet sites. The definition could also include mainstream commercial ividuals. Laws against prostitution are an example of how we legally subordinate personal sexual de- sires to public virtue. The example leads us to concerns are not at the core of the controversy. The real controversy is primarily generated by .the corporate desire to sell sex for money, con- -, flicting with the societal desire to protect families from moral degradation. Neutralize the dash and the controversy should begin to subside. We should first decide should treat the writing of prostitutes just as we do the acts of prostitutes. . If money is exchanged for sex, whether in the flesh, on Kodak paper or through 3 web browser, the act is illegal. Consenting adults may share freely all of the dirty pictures they want of con- social value than preferential private morality that focuses only on the base sexual desires of ind- attempts to use sex to sell products. Civil libertarian concerns about free speech, sexual freedom, and privacy issues may dominate the popular debate of pornography. But the senting adults. If they charge money for have broken the law. understand how we might quell the controversy : of pornography. in nature and it sexual is Pornography always is usually for sale. The latter quality is exactly why pornography usually would not exist if it could as a people whether then we should have no problem passing laws intended to protect marriages and familial relations from the destructive influences of the commercial sex industry. To affirm this axiom is not o diminish the importance of individual rights under the law or the sale of a picture of 'sex for money. cases, sex is sold for money. of freedom will ever condone criminal activity wherever it exists. If we favor laws prohibiting prostitution in the back alleys and on the highways of America, why then would we hold commercial sex on the Internet to any higher standard? Are its megabyte back alleys and superhighways leading into our homes any more sacred than those of concrete leading down Main Street? These are serious questions that deserve pub- In both Pomographers measure commercial success undo crucial aspects of American jurisprudence that should never be undone regarding individuals and crimes. But affirmation does preclude the primacy of the individual as the fundamental unit of society, a belief held inviolate by civil lib- in dollars, not in the number of images they produce. The latter statistic, now numbering annually more than 700 million video rentals alone, is trotted out by promoters in the sex industry .to convince us that the vast majority of Americans, ertarians. at least secretly, the family axiom under the law would rid not society of free speech, privacy or sexual To affirm view pornography. But can anyone seriously believe that pomog- - they Prosecuting pornography effectively in the Internet age is challenging, but not insurmountable. No defender of freedom wants to see the Internet regulated. Even so, no serious defender not be sold for money. Have you ever wondered why prostitution is unlawful in nearly all jurisdictions throughout the nation, but pornography is legal? , There is no substantive social or commercial difference between the sale of sex for money and we truly believe the axiom "the famjly is the fundamental unit of society." If we affirm the axiom, it lic airing Taking the money out of sex would begin to quell the controversy of pornography. In can have freedom of individual and though not commercial -speech families be more proand can too, so, privacy this . way, civil libertarians DRUGS The information gathered as a result of the following TIPS form is strictly confidential. Carbon Metro Drug Task Force will evaluate the information and place the facts into acom-posi- te file. Action will be taken on all submissions. tected from the plague of commercial sex. Guest column TURN IN A PUSHER ' Name of suspected drug dealer Nickname Description: Ht. Endorses U.S. Postal Service proposal By STEPHEN JOHNSON United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service recently de- livered its transformation plan to Congress. The' plan offers solutions to the current financial situation the service faces and, in the long-tercalls for a new business model to replace our 30 year-ol- d operating structure. Switching to a new business model will require legislative changes, essentially rewriting the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act that formed the current agency. The U.S. Postal Service gets most of its rev- the kind used to pay enue from first class mail bills and write letters. ' ' Any decline in first class mail has huge, conof our costs are covsequences, since ered by the revenue it brings in. Add to that . the present fiscal year. The transformation plan also allows the U.S. Postal Service farbetter meet changjng custpmer needs, such as increasing access for consum- new economy. We will also cut costs. The US. Postal Service cut $2.5 billion dollars in operating expenses since 1999. The postmaster general has asked us to cut $5 billion more nationally on an annualized basis during the next ers. five years. The old legislation served the country well. In Utah alone, we deliver more than 27 million pieces of mail every week. The figure represents in excess of 1.4 billion pieces every year to more than 930,000 businesses and homes. No system does what the U5. Postal Service does. But what organization can keep the same business model for 30 years and hope to survive? Organizations must be able to change in order to sunrive. Thirty years ago, no one could have predicted the rise of the Internet, electronic bill payment long-ter- ernment enterprise. . Changing to a CGE would be a large step toward placing the U.S. Postal Service on more businesslike footing. Postal employees would be expected to pro . and competition from global mail providers. Mail volume nationally and in Utah has always had steady increases and our old business model counted on volume always climbing. But that has changed. Nationwide, the U.S. Postal Service lost $1.68 billion in 2001 and could lose dose to $2 billion in Sex Eyes SS . Address:. vide traditional and products and services and implement market-base- d pricing. Universal mail delivery would be maintained by giving the agency the flexibility to survive in a1 two-thir- tion the 1.7 million new addresses created every year, nearly 18,000 in Utah, and you can see the f crisis the service the But we have solutions. In the postal service will ask the U.S. Congress to adopt a new business model, called a comjnercial gov- Age WL. . Hair Hornet Business Motor Vehicle: Make. Color License Year district has 300 post offices and other retail outlets. Buf there are quicker, more ways to get basic services The Salt Lake Associates of Dealer ve like stamps. People already purchase stamps by phone and over the Internet but we will also explore other . Method of dealing:. -- Location of dealing . outlets. V Drug(s) being dealt: . The U.S. Postal Service plans to offer simpli- fied, package shipping so customer; can pay by the size of the box, not the weight . And the organization recently introduced a product called Confirm, part of the new genera- List any other suspected illegal' activities: pre-pa- id services that allows large businesses to track mail in near real-tithroughout the postal system. tion of "intelligent As the district manager for Utah,.! am to be a part of the transformation plan. Delivering the mail is a public trust And the U.S. Postal Service is committed to guaranteeing mail del- Mail completed forms to: UPS, Carbon Metro Drug Ihsk Force 91 East 100 North, Price, UT 84501. ivery well into the future. 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