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What does everyone think about New York State's labeling of Jaycee Dugard's book as pornography?
I understand why they don't want the man to be able to read the book but what if were talking a similar scenario. For instance, what about a book describing the Watts riots back in the day and some state official wanted to ban blacks from reading it because it might incite them to riot but it was okay for white people to read it. Everyone would be screaming bloody murder about racism and discrimination. I am not sure I disagree with the prisons decision but it seems wrong somehow to say that a book is pornography for some people but not for others. I
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- fireflyLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
It’s the pitiful attempt of a jailed convicted sex offender to entertain him self in prison. The Dept of Corrections knows exactly the correct thing to do to keep this man from getting “his jollies” from reading this book, or any book of genre. To Braunstein, it is pornography and that is exactly what he desperately wants to read.
- TodLv 68 years ago
The prisoner is the responsibility of the state's department of criminal justice until his sentence discharges. After that he can read whatever book he wants.
