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...vigorously opposed running the Screw ad. But I also oppose the majority's sweeping and rigidly determinist condemnation of advertising as an outgrowth of capitalism. Of course exploitation of women is to be deplored. Perhaps for porno to be eradicated citizens will have to be taught or forced to be free, but advertising columns are as important as editorial columns in the educational process...
...CRIMSON should have printed the advertisement from Screw magazine. It should have done so with distaste but in the spirit of Voltaire, who once wrote: "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...
...issue is not whether Screw is exploitative or offensive. It is both and we abhor it. The point is that The Crimson's editors should not intervene between advertiser and subscriber but should let readers form their own conclusions...
...Screw is not just a product; it also is a publication that contains certain opinions, however warped they may be. For this reason, the courts have granted freedom of the press to Screw and its ilk. It ill becomes The Crimson to be less tolerant than the courts...
...that we despise? Instead of imposing on our readers a monopoly of our own views, we should contribute to a diversity of views, so that they may be debated in free competition. Liberalism and tolerance are meaningful only when they apply to that which we deplore, even hate--even Screw magazine...