#obscenity

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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#beauty #blasphemy #brings #corruption #devours

I know it when I see it Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964), concurring op. ↗

— Justice Potter Stewart

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#law #obscenity #freedom

In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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#case #communities #community #court #individual