n the strength ofits laws, however. It rises on the strength of its values. Whatvalues are we teaching by not having censorship in our society? No itsnot freedom of speech and its not freedom of the press. It is decency.What all civilized social orders, including our own, have consistentlyidentified as decent, civilized behavior. The real threat to therepublic is not what might happen to rights, but what is happening to asociety grown dangerously out of touch with its own standards andvalues. At the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California a 17 year oldgirl was raped while more than 50 people watched, is that what ourvalues should be? Social orders are established, governments areformed and laws are passed for one reason and one reason only, toprotect the people. Part of that task has to do with protecting peopleagainst themselves, against the degrading and the uncivilizedinfluences that corrupt life and are every bit harmful as a blow to thehead or a gun in the rips.-----------------------------------------------------------...
