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I haven't visted this website and I haven't seen the pictures - I have no intention of doing so. I'm sure most of us would agree that posting pictures of the dead for entertainment purposes is pretty twisted. But what exactly has this man done wrong? I know this is America, but I thought porn was perfectly legal.
Is this another example of the Bush-Blair state becoming ever more prescriptive and removing our right to decide what we view. Pretty soon the FBI and MI5 will come knocking on the door of anyone who has ever thumbed through a copy of Playboy.
Authorities have arrested a Lakeland, Fla., man on obscenity charges after investigating his adult Web site, which has gained international attention for allegedly allowing U.S. soldiers to post pictures of war dead on the Internet.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said late Friday that the 300 obscenity-related charges against Wilson -- which include counts of distribution of obscene material, offering to distribute obscene material and possession of obscene material with intent to distribute -- involve sexual content posted on his Web site, and not graphic war-scene images posted by soldiers.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said late Friday that the 300 obscenity-related charges against Wilson -- which include counts of distribution of obscene material, offering to distribute obscene material and possession of obscene material with intent to distribute -- involve sexual content posted on his Web site, and not graphic war-scene images posted by soldiers.
Is this another example of the Bush-Blair state becoming ever more prescriptive and removing our right to decide what we view. Pretty soon the FBI and MI5 will come knocking on the door of anyone who has ever thumbed through a copy of Playboy.
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