Sunday, September 16, 2007

Good question

adam692 queries in the latest post if the cartoon "Polydongs" rises (or sinks?) to the level of pornography. Good question. I don't specialize in the law but I do have to wonder ... urinating on someone is sexual assault in the state of CT. (Remember the case of the UConn boys who ejaculated on a female student? That case changed the law -- and it includes urination as part of sexual assault.) There are also laws against sex with a minor -- statutory rape. And child pornography is CERTAINLY against the law, even if adult porn isn't. Furthermore, publishing this in a free student newspaper, distributed to people -- INCLUDING MINORS who attend CCSU (some of our first-year students are under the age of 18) -- is illegal. And it uses state funds and equipment to perpetuate said crimes.

All the more that CCSU is a hostile workplace environment -- Mendez-Mendez is right, as were the women who fought back against the rape "satire."

I hope the university's counsel is paying attention...they may be in for a much bigger lawsuit than anticipated.

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