Wednesday, march 14, 1979
daily nebraskan
page 7
Debate crowd favors
uncensdred obscenity
Pornography free of censorship Was argued by four de
baters at the fourth annual International Student Debate
Monday evening.
Alissa Sandin of UNL and Stephen Kos, of the Uni
versity of New Zealand, took the affirmative stand. In
opposition were Barb Pickering of UNL and Tim O'Brien,
also of the University of New Zealand.
Kos and O'Brien are touring the United States giving
such debates. The UNL debate was sponsored by the Uni
versity Program Council, the UNL Speech Department
and Air New Zealand.
Before the debate began, the audience was separated
into those for and those against, and the members were
encouraged to switch sides if they changed their minds
during the debate. By the end of the debate, an estimated
two-thirds of the audience had taken the pornography .
side.
Miss Sandin began by saying that the government
cannot determine what is good or bad for citizens and
that is was the Founding fathers' intent to keep ethics and
morality separated from government.
She added that the Supreme Court has determined mat
it is all right to have pornography if you write it in the at
tic, print it in the basement and read it in the living room,
if it isn't taken outside and circulated.
She concluded by saying that she believes people are
bright enough to decide for themselves what they want to
read..
Miss Pickering then gave her rebuttal saying that sex
has its place in the bedroom and not on the book racks.
Kos later disputed that statement, saying he had heard of
sex in the bedroom, but has yet to experience sex on a
book rack.
Miss Pickering said 12 million children from five' to 15
have been forced into acting in pornographic films and
photos. These children, she said, are emotionally
and spiritually murdered.
Kos also opposed child porn, but not because it is
distributed. f
"Censorship deals with the result, not the cause. We
say there should be laws against child abuse. Simply
stopping distribution will not prevent harm to the child,"
Kos said.
He added that censorship is a cop out; it is society fail
ing to deterine its own morality.
Kos said they don't deny there are books that harm,
but that greater harm comes from not letting
people look at them. It is a greater evil by letting only
qne view out, . he said, ctting, pirJMtpis
and communist nations. " ,
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