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TP is right; however (1) Hey, it's a column, of course I have to simplify things, and (2) The focus here is on using the courts to enforce mores. The importance of this will become more clear in the next two columns.
--KM
10/30 |
The 1870's were a bit more complex than described in this article. The backwash of the moral crusade of the civil war had produced both a wave of reactionary cynicism and a constituency of permanent moral outrage. That outrage looked around and it wasn't hard for it to spot a new target. Internet porno fans should figure this one out pretty quickly: photography was an exploding new medium in the twenty years following the war. Every year, the technology grew cheaper and simpler, and every year the market for pornographic photos grew exponentially. Comstock could confiscate however many tons of illicit photos he wanted, and it was just the equivalent of busting a few hippies for drugs while box cars full of the stuff were consumed by the middle class every day. The War on Pornograpy was just a national rehearsal for the War on Drugs.
--TP
10/30 |
Well, no. The women actually had a complex society based on farming corn and squash, fishing, and hunting deer. They lived in harmony with nature and had a semi-democratic form of government.
--KM
10/30 |
The men went to the cities and discovered women? And what did the women do, just stand around waiting to be discovered?
--JD
10/29 |
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