"Obscene pornography"

[Joel S. Berson]

The headline to an item by Chris Moody on "The Ticket" is

"Santorum renews promise to root out obscene pornography."

I suppose that is the "pervasive" kind, the kind one would be
interested in.  The text of the item is modestly better:

" Rick Santorum doubled down Sunday on
<http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rick-santorum-wants-ban-hardcore-pornography-222833811.html>a
campaign promise to crack down on the distribution of explicit
pornography if elected president, saying exposure to the content "can
be very damaging." "

I'm not interested in implicit pornography, although it might have
confused Potter Stewart.

Joel

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