Yeah, again we know our country sucks. What else do you have? Because if you seriously think that "It's not anyone else's problem" then, have I got news for you
MnemonicBump
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Don't talk to cops.
Thanks, we know that. Got anything helpful to share with the class?
State law enforcement here in Minnesota has told protesters not to come. All politicians who were scheduled to speak will not be showing up.
Wanna bet that a curfew is next?
Reporting in from Minnesota: State law enforcement is now telling everybody "Do not show up to No Kings Day Events"
Would "the average person" agree with you?
There was this Supreme Court case in 1973 "Miller v. California, during which the Supreme Court basically decided that it has to be obscene in order to be considered pornography, and then the question became, "What is legally considered to be obscene?" From that case we derive something called the "Miller Test", which has three criteria:
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Whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards", would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.
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Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law.
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Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
For a something to be considered pornographic, it must be ALL THREE criteria, with the first two criteria being left in the hands of local ordinances and governments, and the last being left sort of up to interpretation depending on a locality's culture and values.
The definition of pornography has changed over time. Caligula might have been considered pornography AT THE TIME, but by modern legal definitions, I don't think it passes. Even the extended version with penetration, because the film isn't "intended to arouse" and also does not "lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value".
It WOULD be pretty cool if the protesters improved drainage. Just sayin
That WOULD be ideal, yes
Yeah, we're working on it. Things are just getting heated up now. It takes a lot of critical mass to do what needs to be done. That takes time, unfortunately.