United States Censorship

I never believed it existed. I still do not believe anyone would be ignorant to censor the free flow of information here in the United States. There is no justification for the censorship of written material by an adult. The only possible rationalization that could be used for such an action would be child safety, but the application of that rationale makes absolutely no sense in any place that is not visually pornographic. The burden of child safety in ideological matters does not rest with writers, artsist and musicians. The parents carry that burden. No child would ever be interested in political writing. No child would go looking for written content of a sexual nature. If any child were led to such material by one or more parents, then the parent or parents are responsible for what the child finds.

I once wrote one sentence about testifying before Congress on banned literature, and said that I might do so if I could get a printing press. I was toying with methods of becoming financially successful when I wrote that sentence. Additionally, I've never delved into obscenity beyond one sentence of one short piece of fiction. Glorifying that or attempting to capitalize on something of that nature is below someone of my character. I toyed with a method of becoming successful, not with the idea of distributing obscene material. I stand firmly with normal society against morally offensive material, and by that I mean offensive morally on a legal scale.

I am solidly against illegal drugs, although because of a lifetime as an adult with chronic severe pain and lack of real healthcare I have been forced in the past to turn to self medication. Mind over matter can apply to budgetary concerns. Applying mind over matter to conquering severe pain is absolutely ludicrous. Attempting to do so can cause permanent damage, worsen existing problems, and at extreme levels cause delirium. I regret having written flippantly about drugs a couple of years ago, but I really was taking a walk down memory lane. If there's anything left in my writing that even remotely encourages the use of illegal drugs it is only there because I failed to find the material and remove it.

As is obvious, I have written little that is pornographic and nothing considered socially deviant. One monthly issue of the classiest pornographic letters magazine includes more writing about varieties of heterosexuality than everything I've ever written. I've never written anything about homosexuality, because, even more obviously, I'm not. I did read homosexual material at the Parish Library in Baton Rouge once, long ago, out of curiosity.

This brings me to thoughts about United States obscenity laws. I have read about them, but i have no idea what they could be referring to. I've never encountered anything that would be considered offensive at an illegal level, and I hope that I do not. My greatest hope is to have a family of my own, having been denied the ability to do that once in the past because I could not be in two places at the same time. Does it shock anyone that I fully support the law in all these matters? If it does, that person does not know me.

That reminds me. From now on when I get robbed or burglarized I will no longer contend that the person must have committed the action because they were influenced by their environment. I may actually press charges for the first time. I've often wondered if my life would have been different if I had pressed charges against the first person who burglarized my apartment, on State Street, back in 1985.

Just some thoughts.