Vile wrote:
There are more cases, but I thought that these particular ones may illuminate you, Tom. Frankly, it makes me a bit queasy to defend a scumbag like Paul Little, but I have managed to live out my days without having Max Hardcore videos shoved down my throat as, obviously, had the jurors in this case (until this case, at any rate).

Thanks. I think I might have heard of Boiled Angel before but I had forgotten about it. With respect to defending someone like Paul Little, I get the impression that he is far more vile than Larry Flint, but its all a matter of perspective. "The People vs. Larry Flynt" included a number of good quotes on the subject. Here are two:

I am not trying to suggest that you should like what Larry Flynt does. I don't like what Larry Flynt does, but what I do like is the fact that I live in a country where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. I like the fact that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine and read it, or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs.

If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it will protect all of you.

Conversely, if the first amendment does not protect Larry Flynt or Paul Little or Boiled Angel than we don't know who or what it protects.

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