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I neither insinuated nor implied anything. You're so anxious to return to the 'value system' of the 1950's, so let's look at that 'value system' and all its dirty little nuances. After all, you cannot advocate the return of those values without fully understanding ALL of the 'values' that you're embracing. So it has to be deemed ‘disgusting’ through ‘peer review’? Do you think Larry Flynt (Publisher of Hustler Magazine) looks at Playboy and tells everyone that Hugh Hefner has crossed the line of ‘good taste’? Do you think Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, et al looked at some woman and thought to himself, “I want to capture her beauty to show future generations!”; or do you think he might have been using his skill as an artist to get some woman naked? Actually, the legal argument involving the definition of militia was used to SUPPORT gun bans, not to see if they violated the second amendment. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the posession of firearms is an individual right, not one exclusively held by militias. As far as the views expressed by the listed celebrities and those not listed seem to have resonating effects with a good portion of Americans, otherwise the ‘Million Mom March’ wouldn’t have been as successful as it was. No, they have NOT been detered. They’re still making the same arguments. Unfortunately, the constitution of the United States and the opinion of the United States Supreme Court states that while you feel your beliefs are valid, they however do not have the support of the legal system.

Look at how things that were considered ‘offensive and vulgar’ back then were handled as well. Look again at “Catcher in the Rye”. It was considered too risqué and vulgar for children, yet it was given as a book for required reading. The response it got was all the copies were pulled from the school, and burned. Now look at the uproar that was going on when the Westboro Baptist Church proposed burning the Quran in protest for the Muslim Center being placed too close to the site of the Twin Towers. Is this an acceptable ‘throwback to days gone by’? Maybe we should also ban works of art by Monet, Michalangelo, Van Gogh, da Vinci, Picasso, Rembrandt, et al simply because they went through a period of painting nudes! Some of those could also be constrewed as 'vulgar' because they could be interpreted as 'sexual images'...again, just where are you willing to draw the line between 'good nudity' and 'bad nudity'? Or is it simply 'acceptable' because those images hang in a museum and are called 'masterpieces', as opposed to being viewed in some mass produced 'offensive magazine' like "Hustler", "Playboy", "Penthouse"? Actually, the pervasive attitude on guns ISN’T from the interpretation of what defines a militia. It’s due in part to the overabundance of the ‘anti-gun crowd’ like Ellen deGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell, Sarah Brady, Oprah Winfrey and others; along with the multitude of lawsuits suing the gun manufacturers because their product was used to kill another human being. The U.S. Supreme Court actually ruled in favor of the second amendment and upheld the interpretation that gun ownership was in fact, a personal right…not one solely reserved for militias. Since we’re now 60 years past that time frame, there’s no need to continue with the narrow-mindedness that was ever pervasive at that time. We (hopefully) have ‘moved on’ from that mindset and advanced as a civilized population. Maybe we should start hunting for the ‘red menace’, the ‘yellow hordes’ and rounding up everyone that we can think of and label them as ‘subversives’? Since you’re so keen on those particular social values, and that way of life; let me ask you this in all seriousness….if your wife/girlfriend/significant other gets a little bit ‘mouthy’, do you crack them in the teeth to show them the ‘errors of their ways’? If not, then please explain why not; after all, it was ACCEPTABLE ‘back then’…..

No need to apologize for common sense and/or knowing the difference between right and/or wrong. You need to apologize for littering the thread with this whiney, self rightous bullshit. If you have a point, make it. If you can't then save us all the "Oh my heart hurts that all can't be as divine as me...." shit. So far the only difference between some jerkoff masturbating at the library and your posts in this thread is that your verbal cum ends up spraying us all...but still, is equally offensive. Dwayne