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Isn't that what you lawyer types call "chilling effect?"



The first such ruling is said to have "a chilling effect." It is also said to start "the slide down the slippery slope."

My point though is that there would be no difference to the industry or the fans, for all intents and purposes, if the war against pornography were to be waged in a civil or a criminal nature, apart from the expected incarcerration of Max and others under a criminal prosecution. Both would have the "chilling effect" of shutting down the industry and depriving folks of thier incomes, or their content. Beyond being a modern witchhunt, it's nothing short of a war against the First Amendment. Unfortunately, too many "Mainstreamers" don't see it. I'm reminded the words of Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller, a special target of the Nazis:

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First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.




Whether we are willing to acknoledge it or not, These are the stakes.